Ben Hamilton

Another IS mother returns to Denmark Arrival means there are just two more, along with three children, at the al-Roj prison camp in northeastern Syria

June 23, 2023 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) A major talking point in Denmark over the last couple of years has been the welfare of a fairly large group of Danish mothers with Islamic State ties, along with the children they have mostly given birth to over the […]

Islamic State families evacuated from Syrian camp and back in Denmark Three [women] and 14 children back on Danish soil after arriving in the early hours of Thursday morning

October 7, 2021 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) Three women and 14 children — who were yesterday evacuated from the Kurdish-controlled al-Roj prison camp in northeastern Syria, where the inmates are primarily the families of slain or captured Islamic State warriors — arrived in Denmark at around 03:00 […]

Naser Khader faces Supreme Court lawsuit in connection with calling female imam an Islamist Undeterred by defeat in the High Court last year, Sherin Khankan has continued with her bid to see justice

May 17, 2021 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) Naser Khader, who stepped down from his duties as a Konservative MP to take stress leave in April, will today begin his defence in the Supreme Court against charges that he libelled the female imam Sherin Khankan. Like she did […]

Tick here to choose the gender, religion and race of your healthcare provider Storm erupts over controversial leaflet issued by Nordsjællands Hospital to prospective parents

April 9, 2021 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) A controversial leaflet issued at Nordsjællands Hospital to prospective parents, which was removed from circulation on Wednesday after it was shared on the internet, offered maternity ward patients the option of not being treated by health personnel of a particular gender, […]

Trial of trio accused of acquiring drone parts for IS starts today ‘Taxachaufføren,’ ‘Cykelhandleren’ and ‘Underviseren’ could be handed life imprisonment if additional terror charges stick

September 16, 2019 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) The long-awaited trial of three Danes charged with acquiring drone parts on behalf of Islamic State is scheduled to start today at Copenhagen City Court. Additionally they are charged with terrorism. It will be contended that the trio spent 400,000 […]

Stram Kurs confirmed among line-up for 2019 general election Thirteen parties will take part in a vote that needs to take place by June 17 at the latest

May 7, 2019 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) The Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior has confirmed that Stram Kurs (Hard Line) will contest the 2019 general election alongside 12 other political parties (see below) in Denmark. The party, which was founded in 2017 by the extreme […]

Copenhagen wakes up to carnage after anti-Islam protest turns into riot Rasmus Paludan is known to burn Korans, but his protests have never been this incendiary before

April 15, 2019 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) Some 23 people have so far been arrested as a result of yesterday’s unrest, which included pitched battles involving the police, numerous fires being set alight and all-out carnage — mostly in the Copenhagen district of Nørrebro, but also in […]

Island for foreign ‘undesirables’ grabs international headlines In other news, Islamic State, another group not wanted in Denmark, continues to affect policy, both home and abroad

December 3, 2018 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) For many years the idea has remained in the realm of science fiction: sling all of society’s undesirables onto an island and let them sort it out. It was more or less the plot of “No Escape,” a really bad […]

Notorious Aarhus mosque helps police apprehend erratic armed man In a day full of incident for the police, a station in north Jutland was closed to allow explosives experts to search it, and there was another shooting in Nordvest

November 20, 2018 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) Grimhøj Mosque, a place of worship for Muslims in Aarhus that had hitherto a strained relationship with the authorities, yesterday alerted the police to a man who left its premises armed with a knife. In an ensuing confrontation in the […]

Islam critic who the kids listen to but laugh at Rasmus Paludan is quickly becoming one of the country’s best-known politicians among teenagers, but for all the wrong reasons

September 24, 2018 Ben Hamilton

(Copenhagen Post) The lawyer Rasmus Paludan, a right-wing Islam critic and prospective MP who founded the party Stram Kurs (“hard line” or “tight course”) in July 2017, is under fire for his increasingly provocative means of drawing attention to himself. Paludan’s modus […]