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Islamists Pitch Tent in Denmark


(Hudson Institute-New York) Soeren Kern - The Danish Islamist group Kaldet til Islam (Call to Islam) has launched a campaign to turn parts of Copenhagen and other Danish cities into "Sharia Law Zones" that would function as autonomous enclaves ruled by Islamic law. The Tingbjerg suburb of Copenhagen will be the first area to be subject to Sharia law, followed by the Norrebro district, Jyllands-Posten reported on Oct. 17. Call to Islam says it will dispatch 24-hour Islamic "morals police" to enforce Sharia law in those enclaves. Denmark's TV2 public television recently filmed members of Call to Islam in downtown Copenhagen openly campaigning for the abolishment of democracy and calling on people not to vote in the parliamentary elections that were held on Sep. 15.
2011-10-28 00:00:00
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