Islamophobie : affrontements à Aarhus – 31 mars 2012

Protesters, police clash at Danish anti-Islam rally

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Sat Mar 31, 01:26 PM

AARHUS, Denmark — More than 80 people were arrested Saturday as protesters hurling rocks and bottles tried to interrupt an anti-Islamic demonstration by far-right groups from across northern Europe, Danish police said.

There were numerous brief scuffles throughout the day as police tried to separate some 2,500 counter-demonstrators from a few hundred people attending the anti-Islamic rally in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city. One police officer received minor injuries after being hit by a bottle, police spokesman Georg Husted said.

Police said about 200 to 300 people from Denmark, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Poland took part in what was billed as a « European counter-jihad meeting » to protest what they called the Islamization of Europe. They were met by a 10-times larger counter-demonstration by left-wing groups under the banner « Aarhus for Diversity. »

The anti-Islamic rally started with a moment of silence for the seven people killed by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman in France. read more …

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