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| Burkas or bus seats? Image sparks anti-Muslim Facebook debate (PHOTO) | |
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| An anti-immigrant Norwegian Facebook group is being mocked online for mistaking an image of an empty bus for women wearing burkins. | An anti-immigrant Norwegian Facebook group is being mocked online for mistaking an image of an empty bus for women wearing burkins. |
| The image was posted to the private Facebook group Fedrelandet viktigst, or ‘Fedrelandet first’, by a Norwegian user Johan Slåttavik, who posed the question: “what do you think about this?” | The image was posted to the private Facebook group Fedrelandet viktigst, or ‘Fedrelandet first’, by a Norwegian user Johan Slåttavik, who posed the question: “what do you think about this?” |
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| A screenshot of the guesses shared in the photo’s comment section showed many of the group’s nearly 13,000 members were somehow appalled by the innocuous image. | A screenshot of the guesses shared in the photo’s comment section showed many of the group’s nearly 13,000 members were somehow appalled by the innocuous image. |
| “Frightening,” “disease,” “tragic,” “disgusting,” “oppression of women” read some of the responses. | “Frightening,” “disease,” “tragic,” “disgusting,” “oppression of women” read some of the responses. |
| Meanwhile, other group members speculated about the figures potentially hiding “weapons and bombs”. | Meanwhile, other group members speculated about the figures potentially hiding “weapons and bombs”. |
| “I thought this would be true in the year 2050, but it is happening NOW!” wrote one of the more alarmed commenters. | “I thought this would be true in the year 2050, but it is happening NOW!” wrote one of the more alarmed commenters. |
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| Screenshots of the furore were shared online by Sindre Beyer, who asked: “What happens when a picture of some empty seats is posted on a disgusting group on Facebook and almost everyone thinks they see a bunch of burqas?” | Screenshots of the furore were shared online by Sindre Beyer, who asked: “What happens when a picture of some empty seats is posted on a disgusting group on Facebook and almost everyone thinks they see a bunch of burqas?” |