Islamic Council Norway

[5] The organisation has since its foundation been in active dialogue with the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations.

[8][9] The Council's leader, Senaid Kobilica, stressed his personal opposition to the death penalty, but acknowledged that some may interpret Islamic texts differently.

[10] Homosexual and lesbian activist groups protested against the council's refusal to deplore the death penalty.

[15] In March 2017 the IRN hired Leyla Hasic, a woman who wears the face-covering veil niqab to work with communication and as a "bridge builder to mainstream society" for the organisation.

[16] Minister of Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland criticised the appointment of Hasic as creating a greater distance between Muslim and Norwegian society and lessening the mutual understanding.