Stop Islamisation of Denmark
{{Short description|Anti-Islam organization in Denmark}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Stop Islamisation of Denmark
| image = SIAD demonstration - april 2015.JPG
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| caption = SIAD demonstration in 2015
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| formation = 2005
| location = Denmark
| type = Anti-Islam
| leader_name = Anders Gravers Pedersen
| affiliations = Stop Islamisation of Europe
| website =
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Stop Islamisation of Denmark ({{langx|da|Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark}}, SIAD)da is a Danish anti-Islam organisation founded in 2005.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bq-IDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT272|title=Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Movement Created Mayhem, Murder and the Trump Presidency|first=Christopher|last=Othen|pages=98-99|year=2018|publisher=Amberley|isbn=9781445678009}} The group was founded by Anders Gravers Pedersen who began the development of the activist part of the counter-jihad movement.{{cite news|url=https://expo.se/2020/09/koranbr%C3%A4nnarna-bryr-sig-inte-om-yttrandefriheten|title=Daniel Poohl: Koranbrännarna bryr sig inte om yttrandefriheten|date=6 September 2020|work=Expo|language=Swedish}}
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".{{cite news|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE14484531/stoejbergkandidat-traekker-sig-har-fortid-blandt-hoejrenationale/|title=Støjberg-kandidat trækker sig - har fortid blandt højrenationale|date=11 October 2022|work=Jyllands-Posten|language=da}}
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,{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2007/09/11/dozens-arrested-at-anti-islamist-rally-near-eu-hq/|title=Dozens arrested at anti-Islamist rally near EU HQ|newspaper=Euronews|date=11 September 2017|archive-date=7 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607015138/http://euronews.com/2007/09/11/dozens-arrested-at-anti-islamist-rally-near-eu-hq/|url-status=dead}} and launched the Europe-wide Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) following the international counter-jihad conference in Copenhagen.
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.{{cite news|url=http://cphpost.dk/local/duelling-demonstrations-lead-arrests|title=Duelling demonstrations lead to arrests|date=24 February 2013|newspaper=The Copenhagen Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224181939/http://cphpost.dk/local/duelling-demonstrations-lead-arrests|archive-date=24 February 2013}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.b.dk/nationalt/demonstrationer-mod-islamisering-breder-sig|title=Demonstrationer mod islamisering breder sig|date=7 January 2015|work=Berlingske|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214235154/http://www.b.dk/nationalt/demonstrationer-mod-islamisering-breder-sig|archive-date=14 December 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tv2nord.dk/nordjylland/siad-demonstration-og-moddemonstration-forlob-uden-dramatik|title=SIAD-demonstration - og moddemonstration - forløb uden dramatik|date=25 May 2015|work=TV2 Nord|language=da}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://siaddk.wordpress.com/ Official blog]
Category:2005 establishments in Denmark