{"id":909,"date":"2011-07-25T10:11:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T14:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=909"},"modified":"2011-07-25T10:11:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T14:11:26","slug":"norway-massacre-prayers-for-victims-relief-for-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/07\/norway-massacre-prayers-for-victims-relief-for-muslims.html","title":{"rendered":"Norway Massacre: Prayers for Victims, Relief for Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not only was Anders Behring Breivik, Norway&#8217;s accused mass murderer,\u00a0not an Islamic terrorist, but he&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/26\/opinion\/26iht-edcohen26.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">Islamophobic<\/a> hardline Christian. (Cue<a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/215839\/terrorist-attacks-in-norway\/\"> immense sigh of relief from Scandinavia&#8217;s Muslim community, among others<\/a>.) A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/archive\/politics\/4910\/is_norway%E2%80%99s_suspected_murderer_anders_breivik_a_christian_terrorist\/\">Christian terrorist<\/a>, if you will.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/07\/waiting-for-facts-in-norway-bloodshed\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+getreligion%2FDmXm+%28GetReligion%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">\u00a0facts are still coming about the alleged gunman,\u00a0<\/a>but here\u00a0are some faith-related stories on the tragedy, which <a href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/dailynews\/rss\/religion\/*http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20110723\/wl_afp\/norwayattacks\">has claimed 93 lives<\/a>\u00a0so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/07\/norway-christian-killings-muslim-\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Norway suspect sought &#8216;Christian war&#8217; against Islam<\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/07\/24\/3088679\/norway-killer-espoused-new-right-wing-pro-israel-philosophy#When:16:25:00Z\">Norway killer espoused right-wing philosophy claiming to be Zionist\u00a0<\/a>(JTA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/25\/us\/25debate.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">Killings in Norway spotlight anti-Muslim thought in U.S.<\/a> (NYT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/andrewbrown\/2011\/jul\/24\/norway-anders-behring-breivik-beliefs\">Anders Breivik is not Christian but anti-Islam<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Meanwhile, the prayers continue for the victims, survivors and their families:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/news_reports\/prayers_for_norway.html\">Prayers for Norway<\/a>\u00a0(Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/evangelicals.express.solidarity.with.norway.after.attacks\/28328.htm\">Evangelicals express solidarity with Norway after attacks<\/a>\u00a0(Christian Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/abandon-the-logic-of-evil-pope-pleads-after-oslo-attacks\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+catholicnewsagency%2Fdailynews+%28CNA+Daily+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Abandon the logic of evil, Pope pleads after Oslo attacks <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only was Anders Behring Breivik, Norway&#8217;s accused mass murderer,\u00a0not an Islamic terrorist, but he&#8217;s an Islamophobic hardline Christian. (Cue immense sigh of relief from Scandinavia&#8217;s Muslim community, among others.) A Christian terrorist, if you will. The\u00a0facts are still coming about the alleged gunman,\u00a0but here\u00a0are some faith-related stories on the tragedy, which has claimed 93&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[360,359,14,11,8,7,356,357,358,355],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-anders-breivik","tag-anti-muslim","tag-christianity","tag-islam","tag-islamophobia","tag-muslims","tag-norway-attacks","tag-norway-massacre","tag-timothy-mcveigh","tag-zionism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Norway Massacre: Prayers for Victims, Relief for Muslims - Belief Beat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/07\/norway-massacre-prayers-for-victims-relief-for-muslims.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Norway Massacre: Prayers for Victims, Relief for Muslims - Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Not only was Anders Behring Breivik, Norway&#8217;s accused mass murderer,\u00a0not an Islamic terrorist, but he&#8217;s an Islamophobic hardline Christian. 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