Starting around 1990, Muslims of different ethnicities and sects came together to form umbrella organizations. The "Muslim Defence Committee" was established in 1989 to give an Islamic response to the Salman Rushdie affair. The Islamic Women's Group of Norway and "Urtehagen Foundation" were established in 1991, and in 1993 the Islamic Council of Norway was established to conduct dialogue with the Church of Norway. Another major change in the 1990s was that mosques became more inclusive to women. For example, in 1999 the ICC began offering Arabic and Qur'an classes to women and including women in Eid prayers.