would continue in his position (since 1992) as the mosque's head imam. The mosque receives around 3 million annually in public funds, including funding for "dialogue work" that has been publicly supported and praised by several Norwegian government ministers and royalty. In 2007, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre praised Shah for "defending freedom of religion" after the Oslo Synagogue attack. References Mosques in Norway Barelvi mosques Sufi mosques Islamism in Norway Antisemitism in Norway Islam and antisemitism 1976 establishments in Norway