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Norway showers awards and honors on Muslim migrant writer who regularly trashes Norway

Sep 28, 2018 2:51 pm By Robert Spencer

Death wish chic.

“Norway Fetes Young Muslim Refugee Writer for Trashing Norway,” by Bruce Bawer, PJ Media, September 18, 2018:

…there are plenty of new Trojan horses. One of them is a hijab-wearing young woman named Sumaya Jirde Ali. Born in 1997, she came to Norway from Somalia at age six. Two years ago, she stepped onto the national stage with an opinion piece in Aftenposten. She had just been in London, and was impressed by the “diversity” on display there. By contrast, she charged, Norway is way behind. “During the last few decades Norway has become more multicultural,” she wrote. “Why is it that in 2016, there aren’t more non-ethnic Norwegians in advertisements, movies, magazines, and in government agencies?” She maintained that “for integration to work, it must go both ways. It’s not enough for immigrants to adapt.”

No, there was nothing new about it. By 2016, her argument was an embarrassing cliché, a platitude. But in 21st century Norway, the cultural elite eats this sort of thing up, at least if it’s under the byline of a teenage girl in a hijab. If Sumaya had written a piece about how grateful she was to have been brought up in a free and prosperous Norway rather than in her native Somalia, would Aftenposten even have published it? No, too sappy. And anti-African! What if she’d submitted an article critical of female genital mutilation in her community? Or honor killing? No, that’s old hat. But her familiar whining about insufficient Muslim visibility in today’s Norway was right up their alley.

Sumaya wrote more pieces. Last year came an item headlined “Muslim on your premises? Never.” Complaining that her devotion to Islam is too often associated in Norway “with something negative,” she wanted readers to know that “I am not your socially constructed phenomenon. I am myself.” She insisted that her wearing of a hijab has nothing to do with obedience, that she is “not obliged to follow or like all the rules/norms of my own religion,” and that the Koran teaches all this. Which led one to wonder: does she really believe this, or is she consciously trying to present infidel Norway with a picture of Islam that makes this totalitarian religion look like Episcopalianism?

Whatever the case may be, Sumaya has been handsomely rewarded for her slight, shallow, and (frankly) semi-literate writings. Last year the local newspaper in her home city, Bodø, named her “Bodø Resident of the Year,” calling her “an incredibly important voice for very many young women.” In January of this year she won the Zola Prize, presented annually to “people who openly and fearlessly have uncovered or opposed threats to human value, democracy, and the rule of law in Norway.” Jury foreman Karl Eldar Evang compared her to James Baldwin, while noting that another commentator had likened her to the 1950s actor James Dean. Since there is no conceivable comparison between Sumaya and James Dean, presumably this was simply one idiot’s way of saying that Sumaya is cool.

The awards kept coming. A month after Sumaya picked up the Zola Prize, the Oslo weekly Natt & Dag named her “Voice of the Year.” In an interview, she told Natt & Dag that if she were the prime minister of Norway her first action would be to cut out government support to Human Rights Service — a small Oslo think tank that has carried out important research on such subjects as forced marriage, female genital mutilation, and honor killings in the Muslim community. Upon being awarded the Natt & Dag prize at a public ceremony, Sumaya shouted “Fuck Listhaug!” The reference was to Sylvi Listhaug, the popular ex-integration minister who, among other politically incorrect statements, had expressed concern that the Swedish phenomenon of “no-go zones” would spread to Norway. This was not the first time Sumaya had publicly used the four-letter English-language word: she had previously tweeted “Fuck diplomatic debate: Fuck the police.”

Last month, Morgenbladet, a political and cultural weekly along the lines of the New York Review of Books, made Sumaya a regular columnist….

Read the rest here.

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  1. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    Sep 28, 2018 at 2:56 pm

    “Iraqi Instagram model gunned down in Baghdad amid spate of female activist assassinations”

    https://www.rt.com/news/439799-iraq-instagram-murder-model/

    Is this what you want Norway?

    • Rolf Wittwer says

      Sep 28, 2018 at 5:29 pm

      Flavius Claudius Iulianus: Oh yes – people like Babygirl little Jirde Ali does want, that WE – “THE APES AND PIGS” have to accept/agree their superior intolerant and backward orientated “lifestyle”….
      Born 1997 – she feels to be another loudmouthed centerpoint of our planet, filled with hate against everything NON-ISLAMIC.
      We can not be provoked anymore.
      Especially not from such teenaged brats!

    • Daniel Silvan says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 6:24 am

      Whether they want it or not, it’s already there.

    • BC says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 10:45 am

      It would be amusing if it was not so sad.
      She is right of course when she says “for integration to work, it must go both ways. It’s not enough for immigrants to adapt.” But do immigrants adapt and especially do Muslims adapt? How can non Muslims adapt to a culture that despises them and seeks to supplant them, is the question that needs asking. These people came as guests and now want to take over the house. Is the use of four letter words her attempt to ‘adapt’ to the youth culture of her day? It seems not only questionable but tasteless Such language is what we expect to hear from radical of both sides and anarchists as well

  2. Guy Macher says

    Sep 28, 2018 at 3:26 pm

    But, he clears the low bar–he hasn’t blown any kafir up yet. He just advocates for those Muslim barrows who do blow up kafirs.g

  3. Wellington says

    Sep 28, 2018 at 5:23 pm

    Norway is way behind? Honey (oh gee, is this sexist?), look at the Islamic world en masse for gigantically being way behind.

    Observation: The more devout the Muslim in the West, the less said Muslim will have any admiration for the West, all the while parasitically enjoying or experiencing so much that the West has developed (examples being true freedom, true equality under the law and extraordinary technological inventions) which the Islamic world never has.

    • Jeggamegges says

      Sep 28, 2018 at 11:09 pm

      Very well put. It really is a horrible cult, why anyone imports this evil into their peaceful country astounds me.

    • J D S says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 9:33 am

      Wellington…you are spot on…..as are most here on JW when it comes to the wiles of islam. I only wish our elites were.
      Just think on it…if there were hearings on Islam like the ones congress sets up..say like the conformation hearings this week sith just as much fervor ..oh would that be great..sure would inform a lot of uninformed.

  4. gravenimage says

    Sep 28, 2018 at 5:44 pm

    Norway showers awards and honors on Muslim migrant writer who regularly trashes Norway
    ……………………………

    More self loathing.

    More:

    She insisted that her wearing of a hijab has nothing to do with obedience, that she is “not obliged to follow or like all the rules/norms of my own religion,” and that the Koran teaches all this. Which led one to wonder: does she really believe this, or is she consciously trying to present infidel Norway with a picture of Islam that makes this totalitarian religion look like Episcopalianism?
    ……………………………

    Episcopalianism is way uncool–not like Islam…

    More:

    Whatever the case may be, Sumaya has been handsomely rewarded for her slight, shallow, and (frankly) semi-literate writings.
    ……………………………

    It’s bad enough when the West fetes its own surly teenagers–this, of course, is much worse.

    More:

    The awards kept coming. A month after Sumaya picked up the Zola Prize, the Oslo weekly Natt & Dag named her “Voice of the Year.” In an interview, she told Natt & Dag that if she were the prime minister of Norway her first action would be to cut out government support to Human Rights Service — a small Oslo think tank that has carried out important research on such subjects as forced marriage, female genital mutilation, and honor killings in the Muslim community.
    ……………………………

    Apparently her being lauded for having uncovered or opposed threats to human value…” does not extend to the horrors of Islam…

    • christianblood says

      Sep 28, 2018 at 8:09 pm

      Somalia is the most dangerous country to be a Christian on planet Earth! Somalis even dig up the graves of long-dead Christians and burn the skeletons and bones of Christians! Free lance terrorists and even regular mosques in Somalia have especial units that seek out anyone suspected to be a Christian and even reading a novel or a non-islamic book can get you killed there! Somalis are bringing their fanatical islamic barbarity to the West and dare to lecture us about ‘human rights’ in the West! Look at the (graphic) video below and see what happens to Christians in Somalia!

      https://somalisforjesus.blogspot.com/2009/01/mansur-mohamed-sfj-martyr-of-year-2009.html

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 28, 2018 at 8:26 pm

        This is all grimly true, christianblood.

        I’ve seen this horrifying video before. Mansur Mohamed is a true Martyr, and brave beyond most of our conceiving.

        • christianblood says

          Sep 29, 2018 at 7:53 am

          Somali islamists are murderously barbaric and in the West, most of their youth join gangs and combine their gangsterism with islamism and become even deadlier! A few years back, Somali islamists targeted a secular University in Kenya, singled out all the Christians in the university and shot dead 147 Christian students in one day!
          More below:

          http://time.com/3768749/kenya-alshabaab-garissa/

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 29, 2018 at 4:52 pm

          Yes–Somalis are wrecking bloody havoc on Christian-majority Kenya. The attack on the mall was especially horrifying.

        • Enolagay says

          Sep 29, 2018 at 9:23 pm

          Amen. So totally beyond our comprehension and so very brave. May he RIP in the arms of our Lord and God bless his family and friends.

      • J D S says

        Sep 29, 2018 at 10:19 am

        Minnesota I’d say is a good example of the beginning of New Somalia…Do we want that in our other states…Do we want that in America…From what our leaders are doing about it one sure would think so.

        I fully believe it will take two things to bring Islam under control…..New laws to address the freedom of religion bringing Islam in line with other religions when it comes to “freedom of religion as set up by our Christian based founders in our Constitution and secondly….Enforce the laws already on the books.
        Two other things used by elites and law enforcement contribute to the problems.
        “No evidence to prove” and “Don’t want to Offend”

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 29, 2018 at 4:55 pm

          I agree with you that we need to enforce our civilized laws. I don’t think we need to change our laws for Muslims, though.

        • abad says

          Sep 29, 2018 at 5:37 pm

          We made a HUGE mistake in allowing Somali Moslems in the United States. They really do not belong here. The best thing to do is to round them up and deport them back to Somalia where they would be much happier.

        • StellaSaidSo says

          Sep 30, 2018 at 12:01 am

          I agree, JDS, that there is a need to clarify laws relating to religious freedom. Muslims have interpreted ‘freedom of worship’ to include the right to incite hatred and the right to ignore our laws while enforcing theirs on others.

          An imam in Sydney, when warned that he must stop inciting violence against Jews, complained that to expect him to do so constituted a violation of his right to practise his religion.

    • Marco says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 10:22 am

      GI, I would love to see her prove that she is “not obliged to follow or like all the rules/norms of my own religion,”) by removing her head cover and walk the streets in ANY shia-goverened place.

      • Garfield says

        Sep 29, 2018 at 4:36 pm

        Seriously that is a good comment.
        I think she is….a LIAR.

        • Enolagay says

          Sep 29, 2018 at 9:27 pm

          DUH, lying is part of that belief system. It’s called taquia. (Sp?)

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 29, 2018 at 4:57 pm

        Very much agree, Marco.

  5. Peter WF says

    Sep 28, 2018 at 6:13 pm

    Norway is on a self improvement drive.

    Time is our friend. And perhaps foe.

  6. Georg says

    Sep 28, 2018 at 9:43 pm

    A thankless bigot. And the left ushers it along.

  7. IanB says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 5:27 am

    The Somalis here in Leicester in the UK are the worst of the worst. They congregate in gangs in the daytime in the city centre causing trouble and harassment, especially around ATMs, completely unhindered by the police. Old people now avoid the city centre out of fear of being mugged. I am now semi-retired and I travel into the city from leafy Leicestershire very occasionally in the day. I am disgusted by the shithole the once beautiful city has become. The white British are now a minority in the city. I once took telephoto shots from a high vantage point of Somalis doing drug deals near the central clocktower, a famous feature of the city centre. I emailed the photographs to Leicestershire Police who, when they finally got back to me, said there was nothing they could do and warned me not to put the photographs on social media. So I next emailed the shots to local politicians and news media. I heard nothing back whatsoever.
    Leicester is the canary in the coal mine as regards the Islamic takeover of the UK. There are now more mosques in Leicester than there are in Baghdad. It’s been allowed to happen very slowly over many years so we are like the famous frog in the cooking pot gradually getting hotter.

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 10:42 am

      It is heart-breaking to watch the destruction of our neighbourhoods, and the failure of law enforcement to stop it. Somalis behave much the same wherever they go. In Melbourne, Australia, they regularly wreak havoc. With an average IQ of around 70, these savages are never going to be productive citizens.

      • infidel says

        Sep 29, 2018 at 12:14 pm

        And ps do include Lincoln Park MAINE!!! another idyllic spot now ravaged by these disgusting creatures..

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 4:59 pm

      Appalling, Ian.

    • TWG says

      Sep 30, 2018 at 10:47 am

      IanB

      Next time, you’ll know to post the pics to social media BEFORE sending them to the police.

      It’s alarming to see what’s happening there in Europe. I pray that more Americans start paying attention to it, and that it serves as a warning for the rest of the non-islamic world. After all…… what are they going to believe? The words of a globalist elite politician, or their own lyin’ eyes?

      It’s particularly horrifying that, in so many European places, the Citizens have no legal right to self defense. For some, they can’t even carry pepper spray! Punch a moslem thug in the nose as he’s attempting to rape you, and YOU end up in the slammer (surrounded by more moslem thugs).

  8. J.W.K. says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 6:52 am

    Hibab: Europe’s body bag.
    R.I.P.

  9. J.W.K. says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 6:54 am

    Hijab: Europe’s body bag.
    Burqa: Europe’s burial shroud.
    ISLAM: THE MURDER WEAPON.

    • Emma says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 9:08 am

      Political correctness the bullet

  10. Save Europe says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 8:22 am

    Easy retort to this Muslima –

    I don’t see much multiculturalism or multi religiosity in her own country of Somalia.

  11. Indiana Tom says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 9:30 am

    The Muslima is part of the problem, but the real problem is the Liberal Norwegians who support her.

    • Garfield says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 4:46 pm

      You bet it is. I am so tired of these liberal women voting to swamp the streets their daughters walk on with hateful barbarian predators. (I’m female btw.)

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 29, 2018 at 5:04 pm

        It’s not just women who are doing this. You find dhimmitude among men, as well.

  12. infidel says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 12:11 pm

    Look at her gal.. Her origins are lands of EXTREME INTOLERANCE and MINISCULE DIVERSITY and she has the GALL to tell Norwegians……… F man!!! but then when Ur hosts are DHIMMIS…!!

  13. SB says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 12:37 pm

    Sumaya Jirde Ali. Born in 1997, she came to Norway from Somalia at age six. Two years ago, she stepped onto the national stage with an opinion piece in Aftenposten. She had just been in London, and was impressed by the “diversity” on display there. By contrast, she charged, Norway is way behind.
    But I’m pretty sure Somalia is very advanced in the diversity department. Keep being way behind Norway!

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 5:07 pm

      +1

  14. ΙΑΝ says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    I wonder how many non-ethnic Somalis are in advertisements, movies, magazines, and in government agencies in Somalia?

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 5:09 pm

      Damn good question, IAN.

  15. Vicky says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 1:01 pm

    It can’t be the ‘uninformed’. It can’t be the ignorant. It must be the stupidity causing these people to invite jihidis into their neighborhoods.

    • Garfield says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 4:48 pm

      Stupid? Or suicidally self hating? Or homicidal, hating their fellow man??

  16. MALLIKARJUNA SHARMA says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    If things go on like this, I am afraid this century crusades will be fought in Europe and not in the Middle East! And no wonder if bulk of Europe becomes an Aundalusia!

    • Garfield says

      Sep 29, 2018 at 4:50 pm

      Ban Vanga predicted something along those lines.

      • Garfield says

        Sep 29, 2018 at 4:50 pm

        Doh! Baba not Ban.

  17. abad says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 5:14 pm

    Um, a Somali Moslem can never be truly Norwegian.

    If she was, she would not be wearing Moslem clothing.

  18. Buck Tucker says

    Sep 29, 2018 at 11:08 pm

    The women cut their genitals so they do not stink as much and based on their smell I should say as long as we are around them we should not want the practice to end

  19. Gjallarhornet says

    Sep 30, 2018 at 8:22 am

    My countrymen are very naive. Norwegians wish the best for everybody and are not mean spirited. But they they are also naive, rule-abiding simpeltons who believe that everybody – deep inside – are just nice. A moralising mentality, where every ill in the world can be fixed with just one more law. Truth is that Norwegians are nothing more than besswerwissing children, incapable of dealing with the world outside Norway’s border. When it comes to discussing serious matters, I always avoid other Norwegians.

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