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Copenhagen: Veterans and Politicians Demonstrate vs.Hizb ut-Tahrir
2011-01-22
The times, they are a-changin'.
Friday, 21.Jan 2011: Copenhagen police will be in place this afternoon to prevent trouble at a multi-party, multi-organisation demonstration against the Hizb ut-Tahrir organisation, which is holding a debate in the premises of the Royal Library later today.

"(Hizb ut-Tahrir) is the most dangerous organisation we have in Denmark. It is important for us to show that we are many who have a different view and that we can be seen when Hizb ut-Tahrir meets," says the Social Democratic co-organiser of the demonstration, Copenhagen Local Counsellor Lars Aslan Rasmussen.
So arrest them, when possible strip them of Danish citizenship and deport them, and throw the rest in jail.
"Hizb ut-Tahrir is different from other extreme organisations by having been found guilty of calling for the killing of Danish Jews, and now they are saying it's OK to kill Danish soldiers. It's OK to be against the war in Afghanistan, but when you produce adverts with pictures of coffins wrapped in the Danish flag, it's violence pornography," Rasmussen says.
See? You've got actual crimes to arrest them for, not merely freedom of speech issues.
He adds that representatives of all political parties will be taking part in the demonstration, as well as other organisations. The Danish Soldiers' Veterans Association will also be taking part. Rasmussen adds that the demonstration is targeted at Hizb ut-Tahrir itself, and not the controversial issue of the organisation being allowed to meet in the Royal Library premises.

The Stop Islamification of Denmark organisation has also urged its members to take part in the demonstration and the Danish Nazis have also used their home page to attack Hizb ut-Tahrir and its meeting in the Royal Library.

"We have said that everyone is welcome. We cannot decide on who is allowed to come and who not, but the theme is that we are against Hizb ut-Tahrir, and not against Muslims. So we will not accept racist slogans. We are as much against Nazis and the far right as we are against Hizb ut-Tahrir," Rasmussen says.

Copenhagen police are preparing for many different views to be represented in the streets.

"It could be a mixture of all sorts, so we are going to be there and in close contact with the organisers," says Inspector Bent Olsen of the Copenhagen Police Operational Planning and Analysis Dept.

The demonstration is to take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. opposite Den Sorte Diamant.
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