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When asked about the Mohammed Cartoon Jihad, instead of being a dhimmi, he stood up and told the truth and refused to back down. Thank God the West still has leaders like this:
"At the end of the day, this so-called 'crisis' was not about 12 cartoons. It was about the hidden agendas in the Muslim world, about fundamentalists and Islamists who wanted to take advantage of this to pursue their own agendas," he said.
Mr. Rasmussen said there were always limits on free speech, but that those limits could be defined only by the courts, not by an elected government.
"The Danish government could not interfere with a free and independent newspaper, whatever we may think or feel about the content," he said.
"My strong belief is that 12 cartoons cannot justify violence, the burning down of our embassies or threats against Danish citizens." Religion, he added, "cannot be exempted from the critical debate."
Just as the controversy was dying down, however, Mr. Rasmussen sparked a fresh domestic debate with criticism of those in Denmark who, he said, had been too willing to seek a compromise with intolerant extremists.
"Now we see who are the sheep and who are the goats," he told a Danish newspaper, the biblical imagery of his comments almost as startling as the content in this thoroughly secular society.
Mr. Rasmussen said he made the remark because "there were certain voices in Denmark that tended to advocate restrictions on freedom of speech."
He added: "I consider freedom of speech the most precious civic right we have. We cannot compromise on basic principles. We have to be firm on that."
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Danish Prime Minister Eloquently Defends Western Civilization
When asked about the Mohammed Cartoon Jihad, instead of being a dhimmi, he stood up and told the truth and refused to back down. Thank God the West still has leaders like this:
"At the end of the day, this so-called 'crisis' was not about 12 cartoons. It was about the hidden agendas in the Muslim world, about fundamentalists and Islamists who wanted to take advantage of this to pursue their own agendas," he said.
Mr. Rasmussen said there were always limits on free speech, but that those limits could be defined only by the courts, not by an elected government.
"The Danish government could not interfere with a free and independent newspaper, whatever we may think or feel about the content," he said.
"My strong belief is that 12 cartoons cannot justify violence, the burning down of our embassies or threats against Danish citizens." Religion, he added, "cannot be exempted from the critical debate."
Just as the controversy was dying down, however, Mr. Rasmussen sparked a fresh domestic debate with criticism of those in Denmark who, he said, had been too willing to seek a compromise with intolerant extremists.
"Now we see who are the sheep and who are the goats," he told a Danish newspaper, the biblical imagery of his comments almost as startling as the content in this thoroughly secular society.
Mr. Rasmussen said he made the remark because "there were certain voices in Denmark that tended to advocate restrictions on freedom of speech."
He added: "I consider freedom of speech the most precious civic right we have. We cannot compromise on basic principles. We have to be firm on that."
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Cartoon courtesy of Jyllands-Posten It is to be noted that no newspaper in the United Kingdom or in the United States has yet had the courage to reprint any of the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Denmark is a small country, but its people have more...
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- Danes Seem To Finally Be Aware Of Al-taqiyya
Thankfully, the light continues to be shed on certain practices: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish Prime Minister, has already angrily accused the imams of “double speak” in telling Arab media not to buy Danish goods, while insisting in the Danish...
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Denmark has noticed that many Imams speak with forked-tongue, saying one thing in Danish media, and another thing in Arab media. Thus, they have eliminated many of these double-speaking Imams from the political dialogue. The Danes should be examples...
- Appeasement Of Muslims
Danish Cartoons of Mohammed Mona Omar Attia, Egypt's ambassador to Denmark, said after a meeting with Rasmussen that she was satisfied with the position of the Danish government but noted the prime minister had said he could not interfere with the...