- Bhatti use Al Qaeda rhetoric

Arfan Bhatti held appeal Friday's demonstration outside Parliament. He claims that he is not threatened, but warned, the Norwegian people.

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Rhetoric Arfhan Bhatti uses the Norwegian society, marked by the Al Qaeda uses when it threatens the West, said jihadist expert.

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Posted 1/21/2012 3:11 p.m..

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- If the security is dear to you, dear Norwegians, should you have collected petition for the Norwegian government to pull out the Norwegian troops from Afghanistan. I emphasize that this is not a threat but a warning to own good, Bhatti said Friday when he spoke at the demonstration against Norway's war in Afghanistan.

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- Mixture of anti-war rhetoric and Al Qaeda rhetoric

Bhatti contributed to the shots at the synagogue in Oslo in September 2006. In 2008 he was convicted of psychological involvement in the vandalism at the synagogue, but acquitted of a charge of terrorist planning.

FFI researcher Brynjar Lia.

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37 people showed up for Friday's demonstration outside Parliament, where they among other things, heard an appeal from former terrorist accused Bhatti. These are few people, and every country in Europe has such environments. The important thing is that this environment is not very big, mean Brynjar Lia, senior researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI).

- The Bhatti said Friday is a bit the same as Mohyeldeen Mohammad said two years ago, the cartoon controversy. And this rhetoric is a mixture of anti-war rhetoric and Al Qaeda rhetoric, says Lia.

- The Osama bin Laden also said often that the West can not have security if Muslims do not have security , and such. This is one of the key messages from Al Qaeda.

Bhatti with a clearer profile

Lia adds that both Muhammad and Bhatti has, for example on their Facebook pages, a rhetoric that is close to that used by the global jihadist movement. They obviously were very militant, said FFI researcher.

How serious is it?

- These extremist groups are dangerous because the more these communities are, the easier it is for a terrorist cell to form, says Lia.

Is there reason for concern that a person Bhatti, who has a criminal record, is so central to this group?

- If one is to establish itself as an authority in these environments is experience from jihad countries significantly. It is also essential that you can Islamic law and ideology well. How well Bhatti is on this and charismatic leader of this small community, we know too little about.But he has certainly gained a clearer profile as a leader than he was two years ago when there was a demonstration against the Mohammed cartoons, says Lia.

There was a group of Muslims against the occupation as Friday organized demonstration against the Norwegian soldiers' presence in Afghanistan.