My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam.
I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)
Greater Islamophilia in Norway?
According to a
study
for Norwegian state television, 25% of Norwegians think there are too
many Muslims in Norway and that Islam is a threat to Norwegian
culture. This number sounds low to me, and it also sounds low to
researcher
Anders Ravik Jupskås at
the University of Oslo, who told NRK that he “believes the terror
attacks of July 22 have had an influence on people's attitudes. I
think we are facing a long-term trend of greater tolerance for other
cultures.” I think the low figure is indeed a result of the
atrocities of July 22 (in which an anti-Muslim maniac gunned down
dozens of teenage members of Labor Party Youth), but the reason for
the low figure, I would wager, is not tolerance; it's fear and
insecurity – after the vicious public demonizing of Islam critics
that took place in the wake of the massacre, Norwegians are
understandably loath to tell pollsters what they really think about
Islam.
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