The country of Norway observed a period of silence this morning for the victims of the attacks that took place on Friday. Anders Behring Breivik, an apparent right-wing extremist and Christian fundamentalist, is being held after apparently targeting Norway’s government institutions for their liberal policies toward immigration. The combined death toll from the bombing in Oslo and shooting on the island of Utoya now stands at 93, with 97 injured. Marcus Buck, Professor of Political Science at the University of Tromso, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology at Oslo University talk about the role of multiculturalism in Norway and the threat of right-wing extremism.
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