Copenhagen’s Royal Library is working to acquire controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed for its permanent collection. The 12 drawings would be preserved for posterity — but probably never put on display, to the dismay of some. A dozen of the most inflammatory newspaper sketches in history may soon share shelves with some of Denmark’s…
The people who have been arrested on Tuesday’s terrorism case in Copenhagen and the former Glostrup case members both have connections to the same radical Islamist environment, having taught in the same mosque in Heimdalsgade in Copenhagen. The older of the eight men, SA, functioned as “spiritual leader” for one of the case’s main suspects,…
By Manfred Ertel In Denmark of all places — the country with Europe’s toughest immigration laws — a Muslim member of parliament has become a rising star on the political scene. Now he wants to shake up traditional Danish politics with his new party. Is this the kind of man Danish voters are pinning their…
Asmaa Abdol-Hamid is preparing herself for a new battle. If the campaign she recently announced is successful, she will be the first Muslim woman ever to enter the Folketing, the Danish parliament in Copenhagen. She is a 25-year-old social worker, student and town councilor and describes herself as a feminist, a democrat, and a socialist….
The works of 25 modern Arab composers are to be performed in major European concert halls for the first time, with London hosting a preview in June, organizers said on Wednesday. After London, the programme will go to festivals in European capitals, including Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Amsterdam, and then, from 2009, to the respective…
