Imam to leave Denmark after caricature crisis
Denmark's most prominent Muslim leader, who led criticism of a Danish newspaper that published drawings of the Prophet Muhammad, has decided to leave the country, the daily reported Thursday. Imam Ahmed Abu Laban said he has felt Humiliated® in the aftermath of the cartoon controversy, which led to riots around the world, and that he would leave Denmark to return to seethe and vow Dire Revenge in Gaza with his family, the Jyllands-Posten newspaper wrote. "I have recently felt that I am being viewed as a simple terrorist. No human being can accept that. It is an extreme Humiliation®," Abu Laban was quoted as saying. "I have taken the decision to leave Denmark." "Plus, I now see that there is greater opportunity for advancement within the organization in a an up-and-coming area like Gaza. Being a holy man, of course, I never have gun sex myself, but my kids like it." | Abu Laban is the leading figure of the Copenhagen-based Islamic Faith Community, representing about 10 percent of Denmark's 200,000 Muslims.
Posted by: Seafarious 2006-05-11 |