A Friday prayer session at one of Copenhagen's central squares by Hizb ut-Tahrir*, an Islamist organisation that seeks to establish a Sharia-governed regime and is forbidden in many countries, has been confronted by Danish nationalists, who organised a Quran burning.
The Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir movement held a Friday prayer session at the Christiansborg Square, where the Danish house of parliament is located, the Jyllands-Posten newspaper reported.
According to Hizb ut-Tahrir, the idea of the collective prayer was to show their dissatisfaction with the tone towards Muslims in the public debate. The movement also held politicians complicit in the terrorist attack last week that hit New Zealand and killed 50 Muslims.
The Islamist movement accused Danish politicians of having a condescending attitude towards Muslims and regarding them as a problem.
On the other side of the Holmen Canal, a counter-demonstration organised by Stram Kurs (“Hard Line”) Danish nationalists was held. Before the event, the anti-Islam party, which strictly opposed immigration from the Middle East, announced that it would burn a Quran wrapped in bacon.
Today, Stram Kurs members made good on their promise, after throwing a Quran back and forth between themselves and chanting “Denmark! Denmark!”.
Despite the foreseeable tensions, no major unrest occurred due to heavy policing. Several eggs were thrown at Stram Kurs…
