Stop Islamisation of Denmark

Stop Islamisation of Denmark
Formation2005
TypeAnti-Islam
Location
  • Denmark
LeaderAnders Gravers Pedersen
AffiliationsStop Islamisation of Europe

Stop Islamisation of Denmark (Danish: Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark, SIAD)da is a Danish anti-Islam organisation founded in 2005.[1] The group was founded by Anders Gravers Pedersen who began the development of the activist part of the counter-jihad movement.[2]

The organisation considers its work to be comparable to the resistance movement during the Second World War, and a report by the Danish Center for Social Science Research on extremist movements in 2014 designated the group as "radical right".[3]

History and activities

The group has been active in campaigning against the building of mosques in Denmark and has staged free speech demonstrations in relation to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. In 2007 the group protested outside of the European Union headquarters in Brussels,[4] and launched the Europe-wide Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) following the international counter-jihad conference in Copenhagen.[1]

In 2013 a few dozen SIAD-demonstrators protested against discrimination against Jews. Counter-demonstrators fired off maroons and roman candles, and 32 counter-demonstrators were arrested.[5]

The group announced several demonstrations in a "Denmark tour" in 2015, at the same time that a new anti-Islam group, Pegida Denmark also began its demonstrations.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Othen, Christopher (2018). Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency. Amberley. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9781445678009.
  2. ^ "Daniel Poohl: Koranbrännarna bryr sig inte om yttrandefriheten". Expo (in Swedish). 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Støjberg-kandidat trækker sig - har fortid blandt højrenationale". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 11 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Dozens arrested at anti-Islamist rally near EU HQ". Euronews. 11 September 2017. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Duelling demonstrations lead to arrests". The Copenhagen Post. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Demonstrationer mod islamisering breder sig". Berlingske (in Danish). 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016.
  7. ^ "SIAD-demonstration - og moddemonstration - forløb uden dramatik". TV2 Nord (in Danish). 25 May 2015.