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6 blacklisted hate preachers ‘not welcome’ in Denmark
2017-05-03
[RT] Denmark has banned the entry of six foreign preachers for at least two years, following the publication of a blacklist of those it says have spread hate speech. The blacklist, consisting of just six people, is dominated by controversial Moslem preachers and also features the Evangelical Florida pastor Terry Jones, who gained notoriety for burning copies of the Koran.

The list comprises Saudis Salman al-Ouda and Muhammad al-Arifi, Americans Kamal El-Mekki and Jones, Syrian Mohammed Rateb al-Nabulsi and Canadian Bilal Philips.

The Danish Immigration and Integration Ministry believes that the blacklist "sends a clear signal that travelling fanatical religious preachers who try to undermine our democracy and fundamental values of freedom and human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
 are not welcome in Denmark."

Immigration and Integration Minister Inger Støjberg echoed these sentiments.

"The government won’t accept hate preachers coming to Denmark to preach hate against Danish society and indoctrinate listeners to commit violence against women and kiddies, spread ideas of a caliphate and undermine our founding values," the Copenhagen Post cites her as saying.

"So I am naturally very pleased that it’s now clear to everyone that these people are not welcome in Denmark," she added.
Deutsche Welle adds:
It was was unclear whether any of the preachers had traveled to Denmark in the recent years, although German agency dpa reported that US imam Kamal El-Mekki had visited the Scandinavian country in the past and Canadian Moslem holy man Bilal Philips had traveled to Denmark in 2011.
Golly.
The list of banned preachers was spurred by a February 2016 hidden-camera documentary that captured a radical imam in a Danish mosque preaching that adulterers should be stoned. The documentary's broadcast led to a debate in Danish society about how to stop the construction of parallel societies and prevent religious fanaticism.
Virtue signalling rather than being effective? One so misses the refreshing directness of the Vikings.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Can we say 'blacklisted'?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-05-03 13:19  

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