More Than A Thousand Muslims Form Human Shield Around Norwegian Synagogue After Copenhagen Attacks

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http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/02/22/3625630/norway-muslim-synagogue-peace-ring/

Norwegian Muslims gathered Saturday to form a human shield around Oslo’s synagogue. The group chanted, “No to anti-Semitism, no to Islamophobia,” as they stood in solidarity.

The demonstration was organized by young Muslims in Norway last week after a gunman believed to hold extremist views went on a shooting rampage in nearby Denmark, targeting a synagogue.



Oslo’s Rabbi Michael Melchior told the crowd outside the synagogue he had visited the family of the man killed outside the Copenhagen synagogue and told them about the planned peace ring, according to Norwegian broadcast service NRK.
“The father of Dan Uzan embraced me and began to cry. He said, ‘You must say to the young Muslims in Norway that they have given me hope,'” Melchior recounted. “‘They have given me a reason to continue living. Maybe it was a meaning to my son’s death. Maybe it gives reason to life for the future.'”