Genuine-interfaith Norwegian imam said Jews should be killed

Norwegian flags flutter at Karl Johans avenue in Oslo, Norway Also can simply 31, 2017.

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A Muslim imam in Norway who has led interfaith dialogue projects has made antisemitic statements on Facebook, in conjunction with on how Jews are unhealthy and “should be killed,” for years.

The Norway branch of Minhaj-ul-Quran, a world Muslim organization that is believed to be moderate and geared toward outreach, suspended Noor Ahmad Noor indefinitely on Monday following an declare revealed final week by the Vartland newspaper on his antisemitic statements. Noor had served for years as the branch’s director.

Police have launched an investigation into his remarks.

In one post from 2019, Noor wrote that Jews “assign aside the world at menace” and it is “crucial to abolish them.”

In a immediate assertion to the Norwegian media, Noor said: “My posts have been revealed in frustration over attacks in Gaza. Innocent younger other folks and girls have been killed. My criticism and frustration should have been directed at the regime. And never against a neighborhood of oldsters. I squawk regret.”

As director of Minhaj-ul-Quran, he has participated in conferences and projects with top executive officials, in conjunction with Cabinet ministers and Ivar Flaten, head of the Church Dialogue Heart in Drammen, the Norwegian metropolis the put Noor lives.

Flaten in the beginning defended Noor to Vartland, arguing dialogue occurs amid disagreements, nevertheless has since called the remarks “unacceptable, frightening.”

In assertion, Minhaj-ul-Quran wrote: “These are attitudes and values we have zero tolerance for as a religious neighborhood. Here is contrary to what we have been working for for decades.”