The leader of the Norwegian anti-Islamist organization Stop the Islamization of Norway (SION) publicly burned a Quran before being stopped by a Syrian refugee. The incident raised questions about freedom of speech and hate speech. The incident occurred during an anti-islamization rally. Hundreds attended although most of them were counter-protesters. The situation was resolved by police officers who stopped the conflict from escalating. Kortversjonen av koranbrenningen ✌ @Sian @EdbRegadog pic.twitter.com/i9DtfBLfnB ...
![Former US President Bill Clinton , Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) shake hands before a meeting in the residence of the US ambassador to Norway, 02 November 1999. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/156970601.jpg?itok=qMf4kH5s "Former US President Bill Clinton , Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) shake hands before a meeting in the residence of the US ambassador to Norway, 02 November 1999. [Getty Images]")
![Borge Brende said Norway would dispatch a civilian cargo ship and a Navy frigate to Syrian ports to pick up the stockpiles and carry them elsewhere for destruction. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/nor.jpg?itok=3p6Bnx7d "Borge Brende said Norway would dispatch a civilian cargo ship and a Navy frigate to Syrian ports to pick up the stockpiles and carry them elsewhere for destruction. [Reuters]")
![Signs at the seats where Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian representative Saeb Erekat were to sit in a meeting with the Middle East Quartet during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly September 27, 2013 at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/182028604.jpg?itok=27fXLe1U "Signs at the seats where Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian representative Saeb Erekat were to sit in a meeting with the Middle East Quartet during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly September 27, 2013 at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/Getty Images]")
![PLO's negotiator Muhammad Shtayyeh says that Israel's ongoing settlement building in Palestine "is a clear sign that [the Jewish state] is not interested in reaching an agreement [with us]" (AP)](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/130728_israel_palestine_ap_605.jpg?itok=jeKO27kV "PLO's negotiator Muhammad Shtayyeh says that Israel's ongoing settlement building in Palestine \"is a clear sign that [the Jewish state] is not interested in reaching an agreement [with us]\" (AP)")
![Sweden to deploy C-130 Hercules plane used to transport staff and equipment engaged by the UN and OPCW in a mission tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons. [Flickr.com]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/hercules.jpg?itok=NFsSj56f "Sweden to deploy C-130 Hercules plane used to transport staff and equipment engaged by the UN and OPCW in a mission tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons. [Flickr.com]")
