COPENHAGEN, Denmark - On Mohammed's birthday, Denmark's Muslims marched to the city square under a banner that said "Islam is peace and love."
But elements of Denmark's Muslim community have radicalized.
Two years ago on the same spot as a peaceful demonstration, Muslims met a pro-Israel demonstration with Hitler salutes. There were shouts in Arabic of "takbir," which means "conquest," and "kill the Jews."
Fostering Radicalism
Americans may think of Denmark as the tough nation that stood up to Islam over the publication of Mohammed cartoons.
But Denmark is also infected with the some of the same multiculturalism that has been declared a failure in other European nations because it can foster Islamic radicalism.
Now, Copenhagen city government is allowing construction of a Shia mosque, which will be funded in part by the radical regime in Iran.
Iranian refugees to Denmark who fled the Islamic radicalism in Iran now face the nightmare of that radicalism following them to Copenhagen. Iranian immigrants have been demonstrating against it.
"It's not really a mosque. It's more like a barracks," said Islamic expert Lars Hedegaard, president of The International Free Press Society, headquartered in Copenhagen.
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