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A concert in Tivoli with the group Outlandish (two members are Muslim) is cancelled
due to bomb threats (Politiken 15/9);
16 September. A Kurdish owned pizza place in Dragør is attacked by a group of thugs
with baseball bats (Ekstra Bladet 17/9);
17 September. A 44-year-old man attacks an Iraqi immigrant with his German shepherd
dog (Berlingske Tidende 19/9);
18 September. A firebomb is thrown in an immigrant neighbourhood of Aabenrå and
racist language is found (Berlingske Tidende 20/9);
19 September. Another pizza place, owned by two Afghans, is attacked in a rural area
by someone throwing bottles filled with gasoline through the windows (Berlingske
Tidende 20/9, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten 20/9).
Attitude of the authorities and politicians
27.
In public statements, the Danish Prime Minister, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, and political
leaders from other mainstream parties immediately underlined the need to make a clear
distinction between terrorists and the Islamic community.
28.
At the annual meeting of the Dansk Folkeparti (Danish People’s Party) on 15
and 16 September 2001, speakers consistently launched verbal attacks on Muslims, who were
portrayed as “our enemy”.
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France
Physical attacks
29.
The press reported that seven young people had been arrested in Corsica for racist attacks
against 20 Moroccan workers. They were accused of shouting and hurling stones on slums
where North African people are living.
Attitude of the authorities and politicians
30.
The French public authorities and leaders of political parties or religious communities
called for calm and for making a clear difference between the Islamic population and terrorism.
(e)
Netherlands
31.
Since the attacks in the United States, intolerance against Muslims in the Netherlands has
been growing. A number of verbal and physical attacks that have been reported in the
Netherlands newspapers have been omitted from the following list, because it is uncertain
whether they are linked to the attacks. The incidents reported below have a clear or at least
suspected link.