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Sverrir Ibrahim Agnarsson

Sverrir Ibrahim Agnarsson, chairman of the Muslim Association of Iceland, inside the group's makeshift mosque in Reykjavik.

Could Charlie Hebdo happen in Reykjavik? How Iceland’s Muslims try to convince people it won’t

Belief

The Muslim population of Iceland, made up of immigrants, foreign students and a few homegrown converts, is small but growing. And the community may soon be getting its first custom-built mosque with land donated by the city of Reykjavik, but not without objections from a vocal minority.