Muslim Extremists target local youth in Norway
The head of Norway’s intelligence and security agency believes young, Norwegian muslims are being targeted by militant extremists to carry out terrorist attacks and holy war overseas.
Jrn Holme, chief of The Norwegian Police Security Service (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste PST), confirmed for the first time on Monday that active recruiting efforts are being carried out by older, militant extremists in Norway.
Holme refused to go into detail, but he told newspaper Aftenposten that intelligence gathering indicates that the terror challenge in Norway has gone beyond extremists’ efforts to gain support for terrorist activity abroad.
“We’ve had reports about older, manipulative Islamic extremists here in the country, who have tried to motivate youth to take part in jihad (holy war) attacks abroad,” he told Aftenposten. He said PST is taking the reports seriously.
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Holme urged “strong resistance” to any such recruiting efforts within Norway’s various ethnic circles. He drew parallels to PST’s efforts to fight right-wing extremism by tracking neo-Nazi organizations and recruiting efforts, and enlisting the aid of local communities and families.