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Extremists Tell Danish Muslims: ‘Don’t Vote’

Muslims should not vote in this month’s Danish election because democracy is incompatible with Islam, two radical groups have said. Controversial Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir urged Danish Muslims to boycott June 18’s general election to protest the “anti-Islamic” democratic system.

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Cartoonist Lars Vilks Wins Prize For Courage From Danish Free Press Society

Each year, the Free Press Society of Denmark gives out the Sappho Award — a prize for courage in the advocacy of free speech, named after the Greek poet who serves as the Society’s icon. This year’s winner is cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has been dealing with death threats from Muslims in Europe ever since drawing a dog with Mohammed’s head in 2007.

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Re-enacting Muhammad in Copenhagen

Shouting the jihadist battle cry declared by Islam’s prophet Muhammad himself, “Allahu-akbar” (“Allah is greater”), on Saturday, February 14, 2015, a Muslim gunman opened fire on participants at a Copenhagen, Denmark, conference on freedom of expression, killing 1 and wounding 3 others.

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Danish PM: First Copenhagen Shooting ‘Terrorist Attack’

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said that the shooting at a free speech event in Copenhagen was a “politically motivated” “terrorist attack” on Saturday. At the site of the first shooting, Thorning-Schmidt stated “Denmark has been hit by a very

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Listen: Audio of Beginning of First Copenhagen Shooting

Audio released on Saturday gives a listen into the beginning of a shooting at a free speech event featuring controversial cartoonist Lars Vilks in Copenhagen. In the recording, multiple gunshots in rapid succession can be heard interrupting a lecture and

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Second Shooting Tears Apart Copenhagen

CNN: A second shooting has taken place in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, just hours after a deadly terror attack in the city. In the latest incident, shots were fired near a synagogue, police said.

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World View: Hezbollah Backs Down from War with Israel

Hezbollah backs down from war with Israel; Clashes between Nusra front and Free Syrian Army spreading in Syria; Jundallah takes credit for massive mosque attack in Pakistan; Egypt’s military begins ‘wide military offensives’ in North Sinai; Greece clashes with eurogroup ‘No more bailout, no more troika!’; In Denmark you are now paid to take out a mortgage

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah