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Background

On 29 August, 2020 violent riots and clashes broke out between anti-Islam protestors and Islam supporters in the Norwegian city of Oslo which lasted for about 2 hours. Police used tear gas to keep rivals separated and arrested nearly 30 people. The incident occurred coincidently a day after which a similar types of riots took place in Sweden. Protestors and demonstrators between anti-Islam and Islam turned out to be violent after protestors torn down and burnt copies of Quran. Where a group of counter protesters also came down on street howling "no racists in our streets." Fanny Braten the lady who tore Quran was heard saying, "look, now I will desecrate the Quran" this made counter protesters more furious. Braten escaped unharmed after she was kicked by a counter protester. This made a huge Chaos, for which police has to take action of spraying pepper gas on netizens in order to control the situation. Due to this, rally stopped earlier than scheduled. Few people who interrupted the protest where arrested and where also reported that the missiles and stones were thrown at the police. After this norway's Islamic Council Minister of Culture had urged people to stay away from protest in order to maintain peace and avoid tensions. The demonstrations against Islam were organised by the Norwegian far right wing group Stop Islamization of Norway (SIAN). Norway has an organisation to Stop Islamization of Norway (SIAN), thereafter rise of Anti-Islam sentiments in Nordic Nation. The organisation is led by Arne Tumyr and has various thousand members and supporters. In 2012, SIAN broke with the mother organisation Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE). SIOE is a group with the stated goal of "preventing Islam from becoming a dominant political force in Europe." The group says that its aim is to oppose Islamic extremism, they have the motto "Racism is the lowest form of human stupidity but islamophobia is the height of common sense." The organisation calls for the total boycott of Muslim countries. According to The Guardian article Muslim population in some European countries could triple. Apart from migration, the number of Muslims in Europe is set to grow considerable through natural increases. The study shows Europe's Muslims have more children than members of other religious groups, or people of no religion. The European average fertility rate is 2.6 for Muslims compared to 1.6 for non Muslims.