The leader of the “Stop Islamization of Norway” movement, Lars Thorne, burned a copy of the Holy Quran in a neighborhood where a large Muslim community lives on the outskirts of the capital, Oslo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The act angered a number of Muslims who rushed to put out the burning fire, and soon a crowd gathered to protest against the activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thorne and activists from the movement were chased by a Muslim woman with her car, and Norwegian police claimed she deliberately rammed their car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A video clip filmed by Norwegians who chased the two cars showed that the woman tried to contain the activists, but she did not intentionally hit their car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police added in a statement that the five passengers sustained minor injuries and one of them had to be taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police arrested the driver and another Muslim for “intentionally hitting Thorne’s car,” and said, “We have every reason to believe that the car was intentionally hit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident comes a week after a shooting incident in central Oslo, which the police considered a “terrorist act”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scandinavian anti-Islam activists from the far right – including the Danish-Swede Rasmus Paludan – made the burning of the Quran in neighborhoods inhabited by a large number of Muslims an activity for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The authorities regard these provocations as an “expression of freedom of opinion” and regularly lead to incidents with counter-demonstrators, as what happened recently in Sweden during the Easter holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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