Public broadcaster NRK reports that Muslim missionaries in the Holmlia area are recruiting young men with a Muslim background to join what many say are radical Muslim groups.
NRK’s reporter has interviewed several young men who confirm that such activity is quite usual.
The say men with long beards and long coats are stopping young boys on the street and recruiting them to come to the mosque.
- Some of these missionaries who have contacted us have had extreme attitudes to Norwegians and also to Muslim minorities, one of those interviewed says to NRK. None of them wants to be interviewed on screen or give their name.
According to NRK, the local mosque at Holmlia belongs to the Tabliqi movement, which is part of the Wahabi ddirection within Islam.