The Red Cross, Norwegian Peoples Aid (NPA), Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and the Norwegian Refugee Council are modifying their aid efforts in several countries as a result of the protests over published caricatures of the prophet Mohammed, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.
Several Norwegian aid organizations said Thursday that they would continue their efforts in Pakistan and other Muslim nations despite recent violent protests.
"We are continuing our work at full strength and as normally as possible. We are not scaling down. No one has been called home, but some have been temporarily relocated," said NCA foreign chief Knut Christiansen.
The NCA cooperates with Muslim partners and with religious leaders in several nations, including Pakistan and Sudan.
The Norwegian Red Cross also emphasized that their work to help earthquake victims in Pakistan, along with other aid projects, would continue as normal, though workers in Indonesia's Aceh province and Lebanon had been pulled out for the time being.
Danish aid organizations are also withdrawing from Muslim nations.
"It is tragic that this has come in the way, but we must first and foremost think about the safety of our workers," said Thomas Ravn-Pedersen, information chief for DanChurchAid.
The situation is historic for Nordic aid organizations, which have never before been the target of such rage.
