"Norwegian Muslims to form 'ring of peace' around Oslo synagogue in solidarity with Jews"

[Tammuz]

Norwegian Muslims plan to form a “ring of peace” around a synagogue in Oslo this Saturday as a gesture of solidarity with the Jewish community in the Scandinavian country.

“If the jihadists want to use violence in the name of Islam, they must go through us Muslims first,” one of the event’s planners told Hope Not Hate, a grassroots anti-extremism organization based in Britain.

“Muslims want to show that we deeply despise all types hatred of Jews, and that we are there to support them,” the group said in a statement to Hope Not Hate.

The Jewish communities of Europe have been growing increasingly apprehensive over a spate of recent attacks by Islamist-inspired gunmen.

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A very welcome development indeed!

 

[fromderinside]

Why would any person want to be associated with Muslims, read Islamists, given the credibility large news give reports about Islamists, read anarchists, finding justification for terrorist shit in the Koran.

If we can't even get Chelsea fans from rioting against blacks when they read a story about too many blacks in French soccer how the hell can anyone expect people to act reasonably when they read about some terrorist IED exploding in the suburbs.

 

[TSwizzle]

Meanwhile in Denmark, the funeral of allah's holy warrior Omar El-Hussein is well attended, approximately 500 people. Update the thread with the number of muslims that make up the "ring of peace".

 

[Metaphor]

“If the jihadists want to use violence in the name of Islam, they must go through us Muslims first”

Islamists prefer to murder non-Muslims, but if I were a Muslim I'd be pretty sure my Muslimness was no barrier whatsoever to getting murdered by an Islamist.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

It is a powerful statement and symbol if nothing else. It shows that not all muslims are the bad guys, etc. #notallmuslims

 

[Jayjay]

I think it helps that this was clear-cut anti-semitist attack, instead of dealing with cartoons and freedom of speech.

 

[Warpoet]

Meanwhile in Denmark, the funeral of allah's holy warrior Omar El-Hussein is well attended, approximately 500 people. Update the thread with the number of muslims that make up the "ring of peace".

News reports say there were over a thousand there, with no exact figure. 2,500 people said they were going on the Facebook page.

But hey, don't let things like this stop you from popping into every Islam thread you see and trying to paint Muslims writ large as violent, intolerant zealots.