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Denmark: Racist (anti muslim) accusations hamper mayor candidate
The Danish People's Party's candidate for the Copenhagen mayor post faces a police investigation and scrutiny from her superiors after publishing derogatory comments about Muslims on her website Derogatory comments about Muslims have brought Louise Frevert, the Danish People's Party's Copenhagen candidate for mayor, under the close scrutiny of party leadership and police alike. Last week, Frevert was reported to the police for posting derogatory comments on Muslims on her website. A number of articles stated that young Muslim men, even if they were born in Denmark and spoke Danish, harboured fundamental attitudes that were incompatible with Danish society. 'Whatever happens, they feel it's their right to rape Danish girls and stamp out Danish citizens,' the article stated. 'Our laws forbid us to kill our enemies in public, so our only remedy is to fill our prisons with these criminals.' The article on Frevert's website went on to recommend that Muslim criminals be sent to prisons in Russia. In another article, Muslims were compared with cancer cells, which could only be treated with chemotherapy or surgically removed. The comments prompted Social Democratic city council candidate Lars Rasmussen to report Frevert to the police for violating the country's anti-racism law. 'Her comments sound like something she heard from the Nazi Party,' Rasmussen said. The Danish People's Party's leadership did not seem to like the connotation. 'This is not the party's policy, and it never will be,' DF vice chairman Peter Skaarup said. Frevert seemed to have gotten the message. 'I can understand that these articles have caused a stir. It was not my intention, and I apologise,' she said in a press release on DF's website. 'I will make sure that the comments will be removed from the website.' Shortly after removing the articles, however, Frevert recanted and declared that she had not written them herself. Instead, her website's editor had written and posted them in her name. However, similar passages were also found in a book written by Frevert, published in the run-up to parliamentary elections last February. Conflicting explanations offered by Frevert about who authored the statements led the Danish People's Party vice-chairman to call for an investigation. 'We will now go through the material to take a look at it. We will also speak with Louise Frevert about who has written what,' said Skaarup. Skaarup expected the analysis to take a few days: 'It's quite a bit of material. I don't think there is anything dramatic in it, but it is clear that we have to study it.' Skaarup would not offer a comment on whether Frevert would be excluded from the party. Posted by: DanNY 2005-10-04 |
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