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That oslo synagogue story was fake but islamic threats against the west are real
The Oslo Synagogue is a synagogue in Oslo, Norway. The congregation was established in 1892, but the present building was erected 1920. Architectural historian Carol Herselle Krinsky describes the two-story tall, stuccoed building with a round tower topped with a spire supporting a Star of David as resembling "a simple and charming country chapel.'
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- That oslo synagogue story was fake but islamic threats against the west are real
- 2006 shooting attack
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King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon visited the synagogue in June, 2009.
2006 shooting attack
The synagogue was the site of a 2006 shooting attack, suspected by police to have been perpetrated by four men in a car. No one was injured. The four allegedly were the then 29-year-old criminal-turned-Islamist Arfan Bhatti of Pakistani origin, a 28-year-old Norwegian-Pakistani, a 28-year-old Norwegian of foreign origin, and a 26-year-old Norwegian.
Bhatti was acquitted for terror charges, but still convicted for co-conspiracy to the shooting (along with several other unrelated charges) which was instead judged as "coarse vandalism". The three other men were acquitted of all charges.
On 21 February 2015, media reported that Norwegian Muslims gathered outside the synagogue, forming a human ring, to show that they deplore the harassment of Jews. The event was organized shortly following the terrorist attacks in Paris and Copenhagen. Around 1,000 people attended the demonstration, which received international media attention. Other reports stated that possibly only a minority of those present were Muslims. Ervin Kohn, the president of the Norwegian Jewish community, told enquiring reporters that the exact number of Muslims among those present at the demonstration was impossible to quantify.