Danish People’s Party suggests ban on Arabic TV-stations

November 2, 2010 Pia Kjærsgaard, leader of the Danish People’s Party (DF), has proposed a ban on satellite dishes in public housing areas in order to prevent residents from receiving what she labelled “anti-western” channels. Consevative MP Naser Khader says: “I thought it was an April Fool’s joke”. He proposes that the DF instead come…

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Former minister guilty of slander

October 27, 2010 The Copenhagen City Court has ruled that statements made by former Minister of Welfare Karen Jespersen against the spokesman for The Muslim Association of Denmark were unjustified. In early 2009, while still minister, Jespersen said Zubair Butt Hussain, spokesman for The Muslim Council of Denmark, advocated the stoning of women. The comments…

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Danish Minister of Foreign affairs “I did not apologize for the Muhammad Cartoons”

October 14, 2010 Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lene Espersen says that claims in Egypt that she should have apologised for the media printing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, are a misunderstanding. The English-language Egyptian Gazette has reported under the headline ‘Denmark apologises to Musims for cartoons’ that Espersen apologised for the cartoons during a visit to…

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The Denmark country profile has been Updated on September 23, 2010 by Iben Helqvist

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Muslim nursing homes expected in Denmark within four years

The umbrella organization ‘The Muslim Council of Denmark’ wishes to establish nursing homes for elderly Muslims. The nursing homes will serve food prepared according to Muslim practices and holidays such as Ramadan and Eid will be celebrated. The council hopes to open the first nursing home for Muslims within two to four years. A Jewish…

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