Islamisk Trossamfund

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Jyllands-Posten
Muhammad
cartoons controversy

Events and reactions

Primary parties involved

Jyllands-Posten
Islamisk Trossamfund
Denmark
Muslim world

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The Islamic Society in Denmark (Danish: Islamisk Trossamfund) is a Muslim religious organisation in Denmark led by Ahmad Abu Laban, which has played a significant role in bringing international Muslim attention to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, bringing a 43 page dossier, in order to bring the cartoons to attention in the Middle East.

The organization claims that all Muslims in Denmark are members, regardless of whether or not they have declared themselves as members. ^[1] (as of 2005, there are about 180,000 Muslims in Denmark). The organisation arranges weekly prayers on Fridays, which are attended by between 500 to 1,000 people.

Ahmad Abu Laban was a persona non grata in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt ^[2] because of his Islamist views. Abu Laban died on February 1, 2007, aged 60.^[3]

Laban's likely successor, Mostafa Chendid, raised considerable public controversy in Denmark as he feels that Muslim and non-Muslim women alike should wear a veil. Chendid claims that five up to ten percent of all men cannot control themselves confronting unveiled women. Also, he says, the veil serves as a signal that women are "not for sale", and it protects them against rapes.^[4]