Lars Gule is a Norwegian

Norway

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 philosopher.

A scholar on the Middle East

Middle East

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, he took the doctorate degree at the University of Bergen

University of Bergen

The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825. The university today serves more than 14,500 students...

 in 2003 with the thesis Social Development and Political Progress in Two Traditions. He was involved in various research programmes at the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute. Since 2006 he is employed at Oslo University College

Oslo University College

Oslo University College , Norwegian: Høgskolen i Oslo is the largest state university college in Norway, with more than 11,000 students and approx. 1100 employees...

, currently as a post doctor research fellow.

From 2000 to 2005 he was the Secretary General of the Norwegian Humanist Association

Human-Etisk Forbund

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.

Links to terrorism

In 1977 Lars Gule was arrested in Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

, Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 for carrying explosives, intended for an armed attack in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. The explosives were meant for use in an action on behalf of Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah...

 (DFLP) in an operation timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. He was sentenced to half a year in prison in Lebanon for illegal possession of a weapon (i.e. explosives), but was not convicted on terrorism

Terrorism

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 charges.

Publications

• "Nei til omskjæring" (translation: No to circumcision
  Circumcision
  Male circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin from the penis. The word "circumcision" comes from Latin and ....
  
  ), op-ed piece in Klassekampen
  Klassekampen
  Klassekampen is a Norwegian daily newspaper, which styles itself as "the daily left-wing newspaper".Klassekampen was founded in 1969 with a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist platform. Until recently, it was owned by The Workers' Communist Party...
  
  , 2011