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Blasphemy Day; Observed by: Various countries, mostly European and North American - none officially: Type: Cultural: Significance: A day celebrating blasphemy (as defined in the various national, state or religious laws) Celebrations: Educating about the importance of freedom of expression, even opinions contrary to religions or offensive to ...
The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Danish: Muhammed-krisen) [1] began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005 depicting Muhammad, the founder of Islam, in what it said was a response to the debate over criticism of Islam and self-censorship.
Blasphemy was proscribed speech in the U.S. until well into the 20th century. [7] Blasphemy laws were abolished in England and Wales in 2008, and in Ireland in 2020. Scotland repealed its blasphemy laws in 2021. Many other countries have abolished blasphemy laws including Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Norway and New Zealand. [9]
A spate of Quran-burning protests in Sweden and Denmark has caused angry demonstrations in Muslim-majority countries, heightened security fears at home and left both Scandinavian nations ...
Flemming Kloster Poulsen said she was a ‘perfect mix of royal and at the same time down to earth’.
He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark, to Jordanian-Palestinian parents, and grew up in Copenhagen and in Jordan. [38] [39] [40] Danish police previously stated that the subject was 22 years old and well known to the Danish intelligence services. [5] [41] El-Hussein spent most of his childhood in Mjølnerparken in Nørrebro. When he was in ...
The former Danish royal arms, left, established in 1972, and the latest arms by royal resolution on Dec. 20, 2024.
On 18 October 2005 Denmark's biggest Internet service provider TDC A/S launched a DNS-based child pornography filter in cooperation with the state police department and Save the Children, a charity organisation. Since then, all major providers have joined and as of May 2006, 98% of the Danish Internet users were restricted by the filter.