Rabita Mosque
The Rabita Mosque (Norwegian: Rabita-moskéen) is a mosque in Oslo, Norway that is supervised by . It has around 3,000 active members.[1]
The mosque was visited by King Harald V of Norway and Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway in 2009.[2]
Controversy[]
The mosque has been criticised for associations with Islamism and extremism.[1][3][4] Critics have pointed to a number of jihadists, who originated from the mosque, as well as to the mosque supervisor, Basim Ghozlan, who has tacitly supported the Muslim Brotherhood[citation needed] and failed to distance himself from the views of the likes of Yusuf al-Qaradawi.[4] Former members of the mosque include; Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, a perpetrator of the Kenyan Westgate shopping mall attack and a prolific user on a website hosted by the mosque, and Anders Cameroon Østensvig Dale, a Norwegian convert terrorist and the first Norwegian suicide bomber in Iraq. It is also well known for being the mosque in Norway that has housed the most Norwegian jihadists in Syria and Iraq.[1][4] After being criticised for hosting hate preachers at conferences, the mosque has withdrawn its invitations to certain preachers.[5]
In 2013 a 21-year-old woman died of a heart attack in the mosque, reportedly after being subjected to an exorcism, a procedure officially prohibited by the mosque.[6]
In 2014, the mosque, which is also known by its organisational name The Islamic Association (Norwegian: Det Islamske Forbundet), was listed as a terrorist organisation by the United Arab Emirates along with mosques in Denmark, Sweden and Finland.[7][8] The probable cause for the listing was thought to be that the mosque was identified as being a part of the Muslim Brotherhood.[7] The Nordic governments, in a joint diplomatic action, requested answers from the United Arab Emirates for the reasons behind the terrorist listings.[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Rabita-moskeens leder avviser ekstremist-stempel". Abc nyheter (in Norwegian). 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Her er nordmannen som skal ha blitt trent av al-Qaida". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Var en helt vanlig muslim i Oslo - ble selvmordsbomber for ISIL". Dagen (in Norwegian). 4 August 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Rabitamoskeen bør oppklare" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 19 September 2014.
- ^ "Trekker invitasjon til omstridt predikant". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Etterforsker demonutdrivelse etter at Oslo-kvinne (21) døde" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 13 October 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Muslimsk forsamling på terrorliste". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Emiratene har satt Det Islamske Forbundet på terrorliste" (in Norwegian). NRK. 16 November 2014.
- ^ "– Norden går sammen om terrorliste-undersøkelse". Dagen (in Norwegian). 19 November 2014.
- Mosques in Norway
- Religious buildings and structures in Oslo
- Islamism in Norway