Norway's Attorney General Rules: Support for the October 7 Massacre Is Not Incitement
Professor Bassam Hussein of NTNU University stated that the massacre carried out by Hamas is "the most beautiful thing in this century" • The institution refused to take action against him, and the Attorney General…
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Norway's attorney general has ruled that praising the October 7 massacre falls under academic free speech protection, after a professor called the Hamas attack the most beautiful thing this century. The decision not to prosecute sets a legal precedent about the boundaries of speech in Norwegian academia. This ruling will likely fuel debate over how European free speech laws apply to statements celebrating terrorism.