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Trans Woman In Iceland Assaulted, Not The First Transphobic Attack In The Country
Last Friday, police reported that someone had requested police help after being assaulted by two men. The target of the assault was taken to hospital with some injuries, with police saying the person was attacked due to their gender expression, and that…
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Icelanders Asked To Show Foreign Workers “Patience And Goodwill”
Two different petrol station chains have taken to setting up a sign at select locations that asks Icelanders to show foreign employees a little more courtesy. Management for both of these chains told reporters that while most Icelanders show kindness to employees…
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Nazis In Iceland Sending Unsolicited Text Messages For Support
A 17-year-old Icelandic boy was startled and disturbed when he received unsolicited text messages from the neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), which appears to be mass text messages seeking new members. The group has had a special interest in Iceland for…
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Swedish Neo-Nazis Come To Iceland, Seeking Recruits
The Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) has started actively looking for recruits in Iceland, and their leader is not disclosing who they may be. RÚV has reported that many Icelanders woke up on Saturday morning to discover flyers delivered to their homes from…
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Icelanders Told Bible Verses Are From Koran, Hilarity Ensues
Taking a cue from similar experiments abroad, one Icelander tested just how well people know the Bible. Vísir reports that Bjartmar Þeyr Alexandersson stopped people on the street, quoting verses at them that he said were from the Koran, asking Icelanders what…
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The Clash Of Simplicity
Ever since the global economic meltdown, a vitriolic tide of populism has arisen around the world to ensnare and beguile people. Iceland, of course, is no exception. The rhetoric is the same everywhere: simplistic solutions are strewn along the campaign trails. We…
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Islamophobia Is Here!
I had been waiting for it to show up in Iceland for a long time—or, more accurately, dreading the inevitability of it. It already had a stronghold in Europe, and I knew it was only a matter of time. Then suddenly it…