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Posted on 02/04/2006 5:30:55 PM PST by Cornpone
Police attempt to diffuse tensions as Muslims, neo-Nazis, and anti-racists voice opinions about Mohammed drawings
No Korans or other Islamic symbols were burnt in Copenhagen on Saturday as a counter-reaction to Muslim demonstrations against Denmark during the past week, said Copenhagen Police.
The police made their statement after the Danish embassy in Damascus had been sacked and burnt to the ground as rumours of the opposite spread.
'We would like to make this very clear: There has not been any defilement or burning of religious icons such as the Koran, flags, or other items,' said Copenhagen Police Department spokesman Flemming Steen Munch.
Throughout the day, police forces patrolled streets in number and sought to prevent confrontations as Muslim, nationalist, and leftist groups planned demonstrations.
While demonstrations in the Nørrebro and Frederiksberg districts were peacefully conducted, one protest in the city of Hillerød, 30 km north of Copenhagen, resulted in 162 arrests, said police inspector Mogens Lauridsen.
About 30 members of the nationalist group, Danish Front, organised the Hillerød protest in response to what it considered 'Muslim aggression'. Leftist political groups organised a counter-demonstration and were joined by a number of people with an immigrant background.
Police officers armed with tear gas and batons struggled to maintain distance between the antagonistic groups.
'We feel it's best that people be allowed to express their opinions separated,' said police spokesman Flemming Munch.
The groups yelled slogans at each other for about two hours in sub-zero temperatures, but no physical confrontation took place. As the leftist political groups headed back to the train station, however, they began throwing bottles and other projectiles at police.
Police arrested about 110 leftists, as well as about 50 people with an immigrant background.
'It was a nearly impossible task to keep the three groups separated,' said police inspector Mogens Lauridsen. 'It seemed as if it didn't have too much to do with the drawings in Jyllands-Posten. It seemed as if people just wanted to cause a ruckus. It's a shame.'
Ya know, I'm getting really really weary of Muslim temper tantrums. It's no wonder then that this section of the world hasn't produced anything noticeable within the last 1000 years other than the suicide bomber and the IED.
Dang...we roasted hot dogs over a toasty fire of korans tonite. Pure pork franks...delish!
No Korans or other Islamic symbols were burnt . . . but a few were flushed down the loo, according to Newsweek.
The Islamofascists throughout Denmark would be well advised to flee now.
I have one of those queer-ann's. I use pages out of it to start fires in the burning barrel in my yard. Nobody has complained yet. Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.
Eating more beans these days to better salute Mecca, the pig man's main turd hole.
Burning Korans. No point to that. Wake me up when they burn mosques.
Except insane.
So are the police going to keep a count on the number of "crimes" (aka Koran burnings) like they do murders now or something?
I don't believe it! We both published a photo of a child carrying the exact sign at the same time.
The British Tories will hopefully lead the way toward getting arrests made and prosecutions underway for the persons responsible for giving these kids the signs.
[Burning Korans. No point to that. Wake me up when they burn mosques.]
I am now wondering if there has been an increase in Koran sales in the USA for that reason? :-0
No Korans were burned but how many were replacements for the Sears catalog that hung in the crapper.
Hey, what about zero? They take credit for inventing zero.
Give them credit for inventing nothing.
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