
{"id":6411,"date":"2015-01-19T07:40:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T06:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=6411\/"},"modified":"2017-01-20T22:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:27:28","slug":"anti-islam-demonstrations-in-copenhagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/anti-islam-demonstrations-in-copenhagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Islam demonstrations in Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The demonstrations will go ahead even though a similar rally in the German city of Dresden, Sunday, was cancelled by police who said they had received information indicating a \u2018concrete threat\u2019 against the right-wing \u201cPatriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>German police said there had been calls for would-be \u201cassassins to mingle among the protesters \u2026 and to murder an individual member of the organising team of the Pegida demonstrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organiser of the Danish demonstrations in Copenhagen and Aarhus, Islam critic Nikola Sennels, said Danes \u2018should be allowed to express their feelings about the events of recent weeks.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>Anger against Islam and &#8216;criminal asylum seekers&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThose who want to try and do something about what\u2019s happening in the world right now will have the opportunity to send a message to those who are trying to intimidate us and also to politicians that they have to help us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to stand up against fundamentalist Islam that preaches violence and which needs to be resisted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time he denied that PEGIDA is an ultra right-wing movement and said anybody who supports freedom of expression and Danish values is welcome, both men and women, \u2018because we support peace and liberty.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Pegida marches \u2013 which have voiced anger against Islam and \u2018criminal asylum seekers\u2019 and vented a host of other grievances \u2013 began in Dresden in October with several hundred supporters and have since steadily grown.<\/p>\n<h2>In wake of attacks<\/h2>\n<p>They drew a record 25,000 people last Monday, in the wake of the attacks by radical Islamists in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, around 100,000 Germans marched against Pegida last Monday and similar counter demonstrations are expected today.<\/p>\n<p>News story about <a href=\"http:\/\/nyhederne.tv2.dk\/samfund\/2015-01-18-islamkritisk-demo-gennemfoeres-i-danmark-trods-tysk-aflysning\" target=\"_blank\">Danish demonstration (in Danish) here,<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/germany\/11353639\/German-police-ban-anti-Islamic-Pegida-rally-in-Dresden-citing-terror-threat.html\" target=\"_blank\">about<br \/>\nthe German demonstration here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityPost\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook <\/a> for features, guides and tips on upcoming events. Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniversityPost\" target=\"_blank\"> Twitter<\/a> for links to other Copenhagen academia news stories.  <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the University Post weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANISH NEWS &#8211; Two anti-Islam demonstrations in Denmark, backed by the German PEGIDA group, to go ahead Monday in Denmark. 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