Denmark Offers to Shelter Hirsi Ali
Charles Johnson
Mon Oct 15, 2007 at 8:10 am PDT • Views: 541
LGF kudos this morning to Denmark, who have embarrassed the Netherlands and risked the rage of the tiny minority entire Islamic world by stepping up and offering to give refuge to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Brian Mikkelsen, the Danish culture minister, has indicated the government would be willing to allow outspoken Dutch-Somali author Ayaan Hirsi Ali to live in Denmark under its protection from fanatical Muslims seeking to kill her.
Over the weekend Mikkelsen sent out a request to the country’s municipalities to invite the threatened author and filmmaker to live here. The move is supported by a recent parliament proposal to establish several ‘free cities’ for persecuted writers, a programme to be created with the support of the International City of Refuge Network.
‘Ayaan Hirsi Ali will be number one on the list of authors we should invite to Denmark,’ Mikkelsen announced on Sunday. ‘She has fought for the freedom of expression and has personally received threats on her life.’
Frank says: