Denmark: Security service recommends more careful wording

The Danish Security Service (PET) has proposed that the government refrain from using words and phrases such as jihad, holy war, Islamism, fundamentalism, mujahedines, and war on terror. In report entitled Language Use and Fighting Terrorism, PET recommends that authorities refrain from speaking of Muslims as a comprehensive population group related to terror and extremism.

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Denmark: Danish PM condemns views of Dutch film-maker

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen distanced himself from remarks made by Geert Wilders, who praised Rasmussen in a television interview for backing the freedom of speech concerning the reprinting of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Rasmussen said he does not condone attempts to demonize religious or ethnic groups, saying I strongly condemn Geert Wilders’

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Netherlands gets backing from EU counterparts over anti-Quran film

The prime minister of the Netherlands said he had won broad support from EU leaders concerning the expected release of an anti-Quran film by Dutch lawmaker and Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders. Balkenende said other EU countries are supporting the Netherlands’ view that it cannot silence Wilders due to the constitutional right to freedom of

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Les imams danois accusés d’avoir envenimé l’affaire en 2005 ont été relaxés

Ce n’est pas faute d’avoir essay_. L’affaire des douze caricatures de Mahomet publi_es le 30 septembre 2005 dans le quotidien Jyllands-Posten est pass_e _ trois reprises devant un tribunal danois _ la suite des plaintes pour injures et blasph_mes d_pos_es par des associations musulmanes locales. A chaque fois, le journal et ses repr_sentants, le directeur

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Denmark: Danes Apologize for Cartoons Instead of Rasmussen

Danish citizens have apologized on behalf of the nation instead of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen for the insulting cartoons of Prophet Mohammed that were published in the newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. While the Danish prime minister continues to defend the cartoons are a freedom of expression and refuses to offer an apology, Danes set up Internet

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