Agora

I had a post about this earlier, but that has been deleted. It was only the English excerpt from aftenposten.no. Here I bring the full interview from dagbladet.no. This is a rough translation, but I need some sleep. If there are any errors, they will be corrected tomorrow.

(I would also like to thank sveitserosten for bringing to my attention that this interview had been made.)

Dagbladet.no February 13, 2006

Islam will be Victorious against the West

There can be no lasting peace between the West and Islam before the Islamic Caliphate has been reborn. So says Mullah Krekar. In this interview he shares a peek at Radical Islamists’ thoughts in the aftermath of the Caricature affair.

Carsten Thomassen

Mullah Krekar is wearing a bright white tunic as he welcomes us to his home at Tøyen in Oslo. In a corner sits the computer which Mullah Krekar uses to publish his articles and communicate with co-religionists from all over the world.
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Note: The word ‘understanding’ used here is translated from the Danish “forståelse”. I was made aware that this may not connote the same way in Danish as in English. The correct Danish connotation is that of “empathy” or “sympathy”, meaning that the Moslems in question are bordering on endorsing or supporting the actions of their coreligionists in the Middle East.

Seeing as we spend about 10 Billion US$ (70 Billion DKK) AFAIR on immigrants each year, this certainly comes as a welcome surprise (yes, your shit-o-meter just detected sarcasm):

Jyllands-Posten, March 12, 2006
One in every ten Danish Moslems: Burning Danish flags is OK

Less than half of all Danish Moslems clearly reject the violent reactions in the Middle East to the Muhammed cartoons. And 11 Percent have “full understanding” for flag-burnings, embassy-demolitions and boycott of Danish goods, a survey done by Catinét for Ugebrevet A4 shows.
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