Police and human rights activists in Denmark are concerned about Islamic extremists recruiting gang members, describing the radicalization of young criminals as a dangerous cocktail as they are now pushing Sharia law in immigrant communities. Jomana, a young Lebanese Christian immigrant who wore a burkha ironically at a demonstration organized by anti-Islamist protesters in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in December last year said she would not give in to extremists trying to enforce Sharia law. One of the seven men put his foot on the front bumper of my car and when I asked him what was wrong, he told me, do you think I am looking at you. Look at what you have on you. And all I had is a T-shirt and shorts on. Afterwards he saw my cross around my neck which I always wear. Then he told me, Oh youre a Christian? Then youre Christian. And he ended by saying, Do you know what we do with people like you? You get stoned to death, she said. The alleged episode happened in a predominantly immigrant district of Copenhagen where protesters gathered outside a rally being staged by a group called Hizb ut Tahrir. The organization believes that Sharia law is more important than Western democracy. One of Hizb ut Tahrirs supporters shouted long live Sharia, while another said that Sharia is part of Islam, which is what theyre fighting for. Get out, shouted an old man, this is my country. The December confrontation was a rare public manifestation of the disquiet felt in Denmark about the rising influence of Islamic extremists. We see more and more a mixture of gang members and people from the radical extremist groups. It could be a dangerous cocktail because we fear that radical extremist groups will try and abuse I would say, these vulnerable young men from the gang members because they are quite easy to direct in the direction you want them to go, said Detective Chief Superintendent Michael Ask, head of the National Investigation Center. Police said gang members took part in the Hizb ut Tahrir rally against Israel in the summer. Some human rights advocates claim that gang members are trying to enforce Sharia law. The gangs are pushing a lot of Muslim people in different kinds of cities, in the ghettos in Denmark to act like real Muslim people to (obey) Sharia law, said Mohammed Rafiq, researcher with the International Institute for Human Rights. newscontent.cctv/NewJsp/news.jsp?fileId=275548
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 02:01:10 +0000
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