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Titolo: Questa e' Europa ?

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BBC NEWS / SOUTH ASIA
Thursday, 23 September, 2004, 16:52 GMT 17:52 UK
Oslo's trendy Pakistani hotspot
By Lars Bevanger in Oslo
It is called Little Karachi and is fast turning into the Norwegian
capital's hottest place to live and hang out.
Situated just east of the city centre, the Groenland area has become a
thriving part of the city with international shops, restaurants and
cafes
- and a distinctly subcontinental flavour.
"If we lived here, we didn't think we lived in Norway, we thought we
lived in Pakistan," says Riaz Amad, one of the first working
immigrants to
come here from Pakistan in the early 1970s.
He was part of Norway's first major non-European immigration. Back
then
the problem was finding accommodation, Mr Ahmad says, not jobs.
"Now it's the other way around. Young people now have no problem
finding
a flat, but jobs are scarce."
Trying to integrate
Groenland developed like any area in a foreign city where immigrants
settle. People sought out compatriots and "Little Karachi" grew.
 
Some Norwegians feared Groenland was turning into a ghetto, far
removed
from the rest of society.
That is the kind of attitude Imran Shaid grew up with. He was born
here
of Pakistani parents.
Growing up here is still not problem-free, Imran admits.
"The biggest problem to integration is for the children, because they
don't go to pure Norwegian schools. So it affects the Norwegian
language,
it affects mingling with Norwegian culture.
"But I think this is a moving phase - when the children grow up they
will
learn better Norwegian and their children will understand Norwegian
society better."
Multicultural success
Over the past 30 years, Groenland has developed in a positive
direction.
Today it's fast turning into Oslo's hippest address.
It is a fact not lost on one of Norway's largest property developers,
which is constructing a new multicultural shopping centre, with
apartments
above, in the heart of Groenland.
Countless restaurants and bars line the streets here, catering to a
mix
of nationalities and ages.
" Here is life! Oslo is very calm and quiet, but here there is a rush
of
people "
Riaz Ahmad 
Imran Shaid is very happy with the way things have turned out.
"I've seen other European cities and Groenland is something different.
It's not a ghetto, it's a multicultural place where the Norwegian
ethnicity is represented."
Groenland's success rests on the fact it never tried to exist in
isolation from the rest of Norwegian society.
Religious leaders have not been blind to the importance of a close
dialogue with the established Norwegian Christian Lutheran church.
Riffat Bashir is imam at Oslo's largest mosque, situated in Groenland.
He has an ongoing dialogue with Norwegian church leaders and often
invites non-Muslim students to his mosque.
"We try our best to show them the real teaching of Islam. And the real
teaching of Islam and the real teaching of Christianity - these are
the
same because the source is the same, God Almighty. I have seen that
the
people of Norway are very co-operative."
Slice of Asia
Riaz Ahmad is amazed at how the area has developed since his arrival
in
1974.
"It's a multicultural area now. Not only we live here, but people from
India live here, people from Sri Lanka live here. And now ethnic
Norwegians are moving here."
 
And he is in no doubt why.
"Because here is life! Oslo is very calm and quiet, but here there is
a
rush of people. They are buying and participating."
Elsewhere in Oslo you will find the usual choice of European chain
stores.
But walking down one of Groenland's main streets you will find a small
outlet for South Indian sweets, a Tamil travel agent, Turkish
greengrocers
and several fabric shops catering for subcontinental fashions.
The immigrants have added a touch of eastern colour to Norway.
(C)
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Che vergogna, le folli e irresponsabili politiche sociali
immigrazioniste
stanno snaturando anche il tessuto etno-culturale della Norvegia.
Se quanto sopra rappresenta l'Europa dei prossimi decenni, io mi
trasferiro' dalle parti di Epsilon Eridani.
Padania libera !
La capitale e' la gran Milàn !
Federalismo subito o secessione armata !
Los von Rom !
MAI MULA', TEGN DÜR !
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Per non dimenticare: tra il 1987 e il 1994, la polizia di stato
italiana incaricata di rapinare banche, uffici postali, stazioni di
servizio e supermercati ha ucciso 24 persone tra Emilia Romagna e
Marche, ferendone 114. Nel solo assalto all'ufficio postale di via
Mazzini a Bologna, l'esplosione provocata dai poliziotti fece ben 40
feriti. Per contro, i reati che rimangono impuniti sono l'80.4% su
scala regionale (dato riferito all'Emilia-Romagna) e l'82% su scala
nazionale. Per il conseguimento di tali risultati degni di una
satrapia islamica, lo stato italiano estorce a noi cittadini del Nord
fino al 72% del reddito in tasse.
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"Il tricolore e' bello da vedere,
quando ricopre la cassa del carabiniere"
"Immigration's up, treaty cost's up, crime's up... Had enough?"

 Oslo's trendy Pakistani hotspot
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Norvegia paese civile. Mangero' più stoccafisso d'ora in poi.