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Danish TV Exposes Imam links, claims
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Last Friday the CT Blog revealed how a delegation of Danish Muslims, led by Copenhagen imam Abu Laban, toured the Middle East in December and showed fabricated cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in a very offensive fashion, even though the pictures had never appeared on Jyllands Posten. | Actually, the letter referenced below states that the cartoons were received privately in a response to their original protest. If true, that undercuts CT Blog's assertion that the Danish muslim delegation lied. However, the origin of those cartoons is at present unknown, one way or the other. While deeply offensive, if they were not published they should not have been linked to the newspaper controversy. |
The controversy has now exploded in Denmark. Friday night Danish public television, DR, ran two interesting stories about Abu Laban, the man who organized the delegation's trip to the Middle East. While the first profiled him, showing his extensive links to the Egyptian group Gamaa Islamiya, the second showed his double-talk. Abu Laban, in fact, was first shown speaking on Danish television condemning the boycott of Danish good (in English), then shown interviewed on al Jazeera, cheerfully commenting on the effectiveness of the boycott (in Arabic). To see the stories go to DR's website, click on TV Avisen on the right and select the news broadcast from Friday, Feb. 3, at 9 PM (starts at minute 23).
Moreover, Andy Cochran has just made available to me the English translation of the Arabic letter that the Danish Muslim delegation presented during their tour of the Middle East. To see the document, irrefutable proof of the delgation's intent to create animosity, click here: Download danish_letter.pdf
Posted by: lotp 2006-02-05 |
