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| Root Out Islamic Extremism: Danish PM |
| 2004-11-23 |
| Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen yesterday said he was determined to increase efforts in schools to root out Islamic extremism following the assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a suspected Islamic radical. "Let's call the kettle black and admit that there are some young Muslims of immigrant origin who have not understood the principles on which Danish society is based. And there is something wrong when people leave school with such attitudes intact," Rasmussen said. He requested that Education Minister Ulla Tornaes look into ways of better instilling the principles of freedom of expression, democracy and women's rights in young Muslim students. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 lex, I agree with you, but it will be an extremely emotional issue and the situation will have to get v. bad before it is implemented. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-11-23 11:37:15 PM |
| #11 deport. rinse and repeat. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-23 10:13:14 PM |
| #10 The interesting question is, can you root out the extremism without rooting out Islam? And if the answer is 'no' what do you do about it? |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-11-23 7:51:17 PM |
| #9 --“Let’s call the kettle black and admit that there are some young Muslims of immigrant origin who have not understood the principles on which Danish society is based. --- No, they understand the principles and don't agree w/them and will use violence and death to change them. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2004-11-23 7:45:38 PM |
| #8 Hey! Do the Danes have one of those flow charts of How a Bill Becomes a Law? That's what you need. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-23 7:19:51 PM |
| #7 Yeah. They need more citizenship classes and stuff like that. That always works! |
| Posted by: Wuzzalib 2004-11-23 6:25:25 PM |
| #6 Root Out Islamic Extremism: Danish PM I see that some folks actually support our use of Bunker Busters |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-23 6:01:31 PM |
| #5 Nothing specific to Sweden. My theory is that the smaller Euro nations that are the most PC are going to have the hardest landing when their jihadists go wild. As in Holland, vast disconnect between multi-culti rhetoric and social reality. The more PC the state is, the more the citizens will rebel when the official rhetoric is found wanting. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-23 5:22:11 PM |
| #4 Why Sweden, lex, other than high Muslim immigrant rates? |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-11-23 5:16:01 PM |
| #3 Futures market: Next European state to suffer assassinations followed by dueling school- and mosque-burnings. Denmark: 45% Sweden: 30% Belgium: 15% Spain: 5% France: 5% |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-23 5:06:17 PM |
| #2 Good! Any other European leaders willing to speak so frankly? It'd sure be helpful. Thanks also, Mr. Rasmussen, not only for fighting for your fellow countrymen (men like yourself) but for fighting for people not like yourself--the women of Denmark. That is the mark of a gentleman and a statesman, in my book. |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-11-23 5:03:25 PM |
| #1 The mouse who roared? |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2004-11-23 4:58:24 PM |