Norwegian Muslims to form protective ring around Oslo synagogue

Hundreds of Norwegian Muslims are expected to form a human ring around Oslo’s synagogue on Saturday, showing solidarity with the city’s Jewish community a week after a gunman attacked a synagogue in neighbouring Denmark. Organisers of the event, who say Islam seeks to protect all people, regardless of their religion, expect more than 2,000 people to join the symbolic “ring of peace”. The show of support comes after Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, a Danish-born son of Palestinian immigrants, killed two people at a synagogue and an event promoting free speech in Copenhagen last weekend.

We know that some of the fundamentalist groups are fishing in that pond. They know that they have some young people who are vulnerable and rootless, who lack a sense of belonging, a community.

Michael Ask, head of Denmark’s National Center of Investigation

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