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Crown prince, foreign minister attend mosque ceremony for terror victims
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang, as well as the archbishop of Oslo and various leaders from local Turkish community associations were among the crowded attendees of the ceremony.
The first speech at the ceremony was delivered by the mosque's Pakistani-born Imam Najeeb ur Rehman Naz, who said the massacre had brought Norwegian residents of all backgrounds closer together.
Stang, who also spoke, said he would not let Muslim citizens living in this country “be labeled as criminals or terrorists in anyway” because of these kinds of terrorist attacks.
“Everyone realizes that terrorism and this kind of activity don't have anything to do with any religion,” Naz said, in separate remarks to The Associated Press. “They are individuals who can be found in any community who don't represent the majority at all,” he said.
Many of the attendees of the ceremony were citizens of Pakistani origin, while some were of Turkish origin. Norwegians and the Norwegian media also showed great interest in the ceremony.
There was a minimal police presence around the mosque and body or bag searches were not carried out on attendees.
Police officially released the first four names of the victims on Tuesday and the Norwegian media published the names and photos of some other victims. Some of them were immigrants or the descendants of immigrants -- the people whose presence in Norway fueled the hatred of the Norwegian accused of carrying out the attacks.
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