Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
Vehicle attack after Quran-burning event
A vehicle carrying five SIAN activists was intentionally struck and overturned following a Quran-burning event. An arrest was made.
2022
Sentence for spraying defensive substance
Thorsen was sentenced to three weeks in prison after spraying a red defensive substance into the faces of three men during separate SIAN rallies.
2020
Violence at Bergen rally
Lars Thorsen was beaten unconscious at a SIAN rally in Bergen after making an insulting statement about Muhammad.
2019
Hate-speech conviction connected to SIAN flyers
Shortly before the group's first reported Quran-burning event, Lars Thorsen was given a suspended 30-day sentence and fined NOK 20,000 over hate speech in flyers distributed by the organization.