Danish Affairs

The prize winning Danish poet Henrik Nordbrandt stands out as one of the few, who dares to use certain subjects, practically banned elsewhere by political correctnes.

In this fine poem “All the great men”, published by Gyldendal in 2007 (Buy the book here) humbly brought to an English audience by Danish Affairs, Nordbrandt satirizes on Jesus and Mohammed.

All the great men

All the great men

All the great men

All the great men begins with an A:

Adam, Abraham, Archimedes, Aristophanes
Alexander, Androchles, Adolf
Woody Allen and Anders

Fogh Rasmussen.

Those, who don´t
are either exceptions
that prove the rule

or crooks.

Jesus is a good example
on the first

Mohammed on the second:

In the kingdom of camels
any two-legged could
claim to be a prophet

What was Karl the twelfth
other than a drunk Swede?

And Marx?
A new era
does not begin with an M.

Thus hereby
it has once again been proved

that God planned it all
systematically
from the beginning.

Hat tip: Uriasposten [In Danish]

COPENHAGEN. The Danes seem to get used to terror threats as a part of everyday life. There are no visible indications here in Copenhagen, that anybody changes their daily routines because of fear of terror attacks from imbecile religious fanatics.

The recent reprint of the Danish Mohammad drawings is said to be the Islamic idiots´motivation.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: The Danish intelligence service warned Thursday of an “aggravated” terror threat against Denmark since the reprinting in February of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service, or PET, said it has seen signs of an elevated threat from militant extremists, especially in North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Thursday’s assessment comes after the agency last month said the reprinting of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers had brought “negative attention” to Denmark in Muslim countries. Herald Tribune

The full report from PET is online here [PDF in Danish]

The danish left-wing newspaper Dagbladet Politiken brings a cartoon depicting an Arab and a camel in spoon position.

(Cartoonist: Wulff Morgenthaler. Click to enlarge picture)

“I know well, that you love the spoon position, but it is to hard for my back. I´m sorry, Honey…“

Dagbladet Politiken was among the strongest critics of the 12 mohamed drawings originally printed by Jyllands-posten. While Jyllands-Posten´s drawings made fun of a a long dead religious figure, the left wing Politiken has obviously no problem with a derogatory, racist, chauvinistic and stereotypical caricature of a bestialistic Arab.

Hat tip: Monokultur

Mohamed-drawer Kurt Westergaard is not happy with Geert Wilders´ “misuse” of his famous drawing in the movie ‘Fitna’.

But who is misusing who? And if this is misuse, then how do we use a Mohamed drawing properly?

Kurt Westergaard:

“My cartoon has been misused again. It has been pulled from its original context and set in a completely different one”

“It is a drawing aimed specifically against Islamic terror that uses interpretations of the Koran and Islam as spiritual ammunition,” Westergaard said.

“Wilders has not asked me for permission, so it is simply a case of violation of copyright rules,” Expatica.com

Kurt Westergaard has described himself as a “cultural Christian, a culture-liberal Atheist“.

The culture-liberal atheist´s reactions to the recent development of the Mohamed crisis tend to a surprisingly sympathetic, almost regretful view upon the religion Islam.

That the drawing wasn´t meant as a critique of Islam as such, and his strong emphasising of the context rest on the premises that clear distinctions between islamism and Islam, between Islam as religion and Islam as a political ideology do exist are are self explanatory.

The cartoonist thereby walks away from the drawing desk and is now navigating the muddy waters of vaguely defined concepts of islamic terror, islamism, religious fundamentalism, moderate Islam etc.

Using a copyright lawsuit the ‘islamic-terror-critic’ (not to be confused with ‘islam-critic’) cartoonist is re-branding himself by criticising what he calls “radical right-wing forces”.

According to Jyllands-Posten March 28th Westergaard´s lawyer is currently trying to close down the website SIAD.dk (Stop Islamiseringen Af Danmark). SIAD has made use of parts of KW´s Mohamed drawing during a recent protest demonstration against Sharia loans. SIADs website also hosts the Fitna movie.

The Danish Union Of Journalist (DUJ) supports Westergaard´s case and DUJ is preparing a lawsuit against Geert Wilders.

To defend a drawers copyright is understandable and reasonable. But on the other hand it is quite ironic that a journalist union is opposing what essentially is a common interest; a struggle for freedom of speech, which makes copyright issues a completely irrelevant detail.

Grave abuse of Danish cartoon in Dutch film

The Danish Union of Journalists (DUJ) and Kurt Westergaard take vigorous exception to the use of Westergaard’s drawing in the Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ film. DUJ intends to take legal action against the politician for grave violation of Westergaard’s author’s right (copyright). It was never the intention of Kurt Westergaard that his drawing should be used in the manner and context it is used in the film “Fitna” by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Therefore, DUJ is now taking the first steps towards filing suit against the politician for his unauthorized abuse of the Danish drawing.

DUJ Press release in english (opens PDF)

NETHERLANDS. New dutch anti-Islam film to be released April 20th by Dutch-Iranian politician Ehsan Jami. The new movie is an animated story about Mohammad as a child, and the movie seems to have the potential for keeping a lot of protesters occupied with flag burning and embassy raids for a long time.

The anti-Islam film announced by Ehsan Jami last year is an animated film that will be released on 20 April, Jami said Wednesday evening on current affairs programme Netwerk.

Jami’s production is bound to come up against opposition. The Contact body for Muslims and the Government has already announced it will take legal steps against the film.

Netwerk showed a drawing from the film, which is entitled The Life of Mohammed. The drawing shows the prophet Mohammed in the company of his 9-year-old wife Aisa. The prophet is on his way to a mosque to deflower his bride.

Themoviefitna.com

Ehsan Jami was interviewed by Weekendavisen last year (in danish).

Geert Wilders´movie about the Quran, Fitna has finally been released.

Watch Fitna at RuTube (Hat tip: Hodja)

Themoviefitna.com

Download Fitna (English version) at Pirate Bay (Movie size 38 MB.)

Download Fitna (Dutch version) at Rapidshare

Danish, German, and Swedish versions: Gates of Vienna:  A Rosetta Stone for “Fitna”

“Freedom of speech at any price?” The question is raised by a large announcement in danish newspapers today. The saudi financed organisation behind calls themselves “The Global Program for Introducing the Prophet of Mercy“.

The so-called “prophet” needs no introduction. Especially not in Denmark - after the burnings of the danish flag, burning of danish embassies in the Middle East, after the boycott of danish products and after the murder attempts on one of our noblest citizens, danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. All this done by followers of the the “prophet of mercy”.

But of course they could all - theoretically be Misunderstanders of Their “Peaceful” Faith.

The aim of the campaign is to force the danish authorities to give an excuse because of the Mohamed drawings. And what at first glance seems to be a open-minded and honest initiative, is followed by threatening statements insinuating, that the violent protests won´t stop before they get such an excuse.

These people have yet not learnt, that their usual suppressive methods are useless outside the borders of their own brutal regimes.

Via Snaphanen

Update

For an english translation of the advertisement please visit Sheik Yer’Mami: Denmark: Islamic Mafia Puts Ad’s in Papers

KABUL. While Denmark sends soldiers to Afghanistan to fight Taleban, the afghan people burn the danish flag because of a cartoon. Danes are fighting a war to protect the afghan people against a religious islamic dictatorship. Just recently two young danish soldiers died.

Maybe we should reconsider our engagement. Why should we fight their war?

A legal mo-toon copyright fight has brought out between the creator of the world famous mohammed drawing Kurt Westergaard and the danish anti-islamic organisation SIAD. International site: SIOE (Stop Islamisation Of Europe).

SIAD announced that they would use reproductions of the drawing in a demonstration march 14 against a danish bank, that recently introduced sharia loans. Kurt Westergaard claimed copyright over the drawing and threatened the organisation with a lawsuit.

Instead of using the original drawing SIAD showed up with a burka-wearing Mohammed. “If you don´t like the picture. Go home. “

There is no doubt, that Kurt Westergaard legally owns this drawing. It is also understandable that KW doesn´t want to be associated with the questionable SIAD organisation. On the other hand it could be argued, that the widespread use of the drawing and its importance has made a copyright claim absurd.

An 82-year-old lady carrying this banner in the SIAD protest was violently attacked by a young muslim male. He was immediately arrested by the police.

For the sake of Allah
You have forsaken this country
You will be paid back
By compound interest
-Said the piggy bank

Chairman of the board in the danish worldwide supplier of pumps Grundfos, Niels Due Jensen has made a public statement concerning the violent islamic threath against the danish mohammed drawers and the danish government´s protection of free speech. In the statement Due Jensen strongly opposes the liberal-conservative governments´ defense of the freedom of speech. Due Jensen demands an appeasement policy towards the islamic world to protect his business.

Niels Due Jensen argues, that the cartoonists of this world aren´t as dependent on the export market as he is. And because of middle east boycott threatening danish export markets he wants to impose the same self censorship onto the cartoonists, that he practices himself.

How ignorant can a businessman be? Niels Due Jensen´s arguments are similar to the agenda of the collaborators during the WW2 nazi occupation of Denmark. Niels Due Jensen has obviously not understood, what liberty means or realized which pillars his own personal wealth and the wealth and succes of western civilization rest upon.