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A joint Muslim-Christian statement condemning domestic violence was published by the Islamic Council of Norway and the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations on 9 November 2009.
"Violence in families and in close relationships is a major social problem in Norway, which occurs at all levels of society and within all religious and cultural communities. Suffice to say that one out of four women is exposed to violence in the family and in close relationships," says the general secretary of the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
Tveit was elected to be the next general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) by the WCC Central Committee in September. He will take up his new position in January 2010. In Norway, he has been strongly engaged in inter-religious dialogue, among other functions serving as moderator of the church of Norway - Islamic Council of Norway contact group.
