The Norwegian media landscape does not do justice to the physical geography it's supposed to serve, and I've often reflected that the marxist-leninist Klassekampen is the only newspaper that takes journalism seriously. Well, this illusion was blown to smithereens this weekend when this rag made a headline out of a supposed "closed company" inviting to a forum "against Islam."
This was in reference to a conference arranged by Hans Rustad, Nina Witoszek and Shabana Rehman to discuss "antisemitism in Norwegian," a topic that should interest everyone in light of the Gaarder spectacle.
The arrangers have received death threats, which (sadly) may not be news for them. Bjørgulv Braanen, the editor, kind of sort of sticks to his guns in saying that "against Islam" is the most apt description he can think of, and that it's closed because participation is by invitation only.
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