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February 7, 2006
Meet The Imam Behind The Muslim Reaction To Muhammad Cartoons
Topics: Understanding Islam
Lorenzo Vidino has a piece today at NRO on Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban, a 60-year-old Palestinian imam who has been residing in Copenhagen since 1993, and has become over the last few years the face of Islam in Denmark. Abu Laban pretends to be a "moderate" cleric who seeks dialogue but who is victimized by the widespread "racism" of the Danes. Despite his poor command of the Danish language, Abu Laban is a frequent guest on Danish television and in meetings with government officials, where he claims to represent the voice of the local Muslim community (which reminds me of CAIR in the U.S.) Even though part of the establishment has always looked at him with suspicion and Prime Minister Rasmussen has always refused to meet with him, Danish intelligentsia has made him a celebrity - so much of one that even the Washington Post recently profiled him as "one of Denmark's most prominent imams" (which comes as no surprise!!!).
But Abu Laban's real face has now been revealed, which brings up the name of Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi - theologian of terror and the real brains behind The Muslim Brotherhood.
Related:
Identifying Moderate Muslims, by Daniel Pipes, New York Sun,
Taqiya
Oh Moderate Muslims, Where Art Thou?
Posted by Richard at February 7, 2006 9:38 AM
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