http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/15/wqueen15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/15/ixworld.html
We must show our opposition to Islam, says Danish queen
By Hannah Cleaver in Berlin
(Filed: 15/04/2005)
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has called on the country "to show our
opposition to Islam", regardless of the opprobium such a stance
provokes abroad.
Her comments further undermined the image of Denmark as a liberal
haven for those seeking a new life in northern Europe.
The Danish government has already been accused of fuelling xenophobia
by introducing measures which effectively closed the country to asylum
seekers.
But in overtly political passages from an official biography published
yesterday Queen Margrethe makes comments certain to complicate her
nation's relationship with Muslims.
She said: "We are being challenged by Islam these years - globally as
well as locally. It is a challenge we have to take seriously. We have
let this issue float about for too long because we are tolerant and lazy.
"We have to show our opposition to Islam and we have to, at times, run
the risk of having unflattering labels placed on us because there are
some things for which we should display no tolerance."
"And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of
convenience or conviction."
The Queen, who turns 65 tomorrow and has reigned since 1972, wields no
political power but does occasionally comment on political issues.
Denmark has seriously limited immigration in the past three years and
the anti-immigrant Danish People's Party, an ally of the centre-Right
government, has pushed through laws making it harder to bring in
foreign spouses or qualify for asylum.
The queen told her biographer, Annelise Bistrup, apparently referring
to Muslim fundamentalists: "There is something impressive about people
for whom religion imbues their existence, from dusk to dawn, from
cradle to grave."
She said she understood how disaffected young Muslims might find
refuge in religion. This tendency should be fought by encouraging
Muslims to learn Danish so they could integrate better, she said.
"We should not be content with living next to each other. We should
rather live together."
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