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Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. - NYTimes.com

Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. - NYTimes.comThe man accused of the killing spree in Norway was deeply influenced by a small group of American bloggers and writers who have warned for years about the threat from Islam, lacing his 1,500-page manifesto with quotations from them, as well as copying multiple passages from the tract of the Unabomber.

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