Over 1,000 People Join Muslim 'Ring Of Peace' Outside Oslo Synagogue
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) More than 1,000 people formed a "ring of peace" Saturday outside Oslo's main synagogue at the initiative of a group of young Muslims.
The event in the Norwegian capital follows a series of attacks against Jews in Europe, including the terror attacks in Paris in January and in neighboring Denmark last week.
One of the eight independent organizers of Saturday's event in Oslo, Hajrah Arshad said the gathering shows "that Islam is about love and unity."
"We want to demonstrate that Jews and Muslims do not hate each other," co-organizer Zeeshan Abdullah told the crowd, standing in a half-circle before the white synagogue. "We do not want individuals to define what Islam is for the rest of us."
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JI7
(89,250 posts)totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)Muslim groups not speaking out against the extremists. I don't listen often enough to know if he ever corrected himself, but I doubt this is the first demonstration of this kind. There may be a difference between what Fox posts online and what Hannity says on his show.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)Hekate
(90,692 posts)nilesobek
(1,423 posts)to integrate people together effectively. They have no problem allowing social authorities to take care of situations that Republicans would be freaking out about, screaming "socialism."
There seems to be a lot of general goodwill there among its peoples. I would love to have attended.
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)I hope to read this a 1000x more.