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Ahmad Abu Laban

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in 1984 and lived there for the rest of his life. He publicly denounced terrorism and the use of violence to further the Islamic cause. Moreover, he was known to fight for social justice and help alleviate social ills, by preaching that Danish Muslims had a responsibility to better the society in
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for the Palestinian cause. Outside the mosque buses were waiting to take the congregants to a demonstration at Parliament Square, where they held up signs equating the Israelis with the Nazis, and burned the
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At the time of his death, Abu Laban worked as a religious advisor with The Islamic Society in Denmark. According to the organization's website, he was a member of the "Co-ordination council of
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views. He had been a well-known figure in the Danish media for his often radical statements about Islam and the integration of immigrants into the Danish society.
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which they were a part. On 19 January 2007, The Islamic Society in Denmark announced that Abu Laban had fast spreading cancer and that it was probably
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was condemned to stoning, he refused to condemn the sentencing, considering he is not a judge and know not much about the episode.
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to ask for diplomatic support, one of the factors that sparked the widespread anger in the region in early 2006. Along with
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In his Friday prayers on 5 April 2002, Abu Laban called on his congregation to offer their lives in a
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Ahmad Abu-Laban became involved in the media crisis which erupted in Denmark after the issue of the
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from 1982 to 1984. He contributed to Islamic projects in education in different states of Nigeria.
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The Stephen Roth Institute for the study of contemporary Antisemitism and racism
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People associated with the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
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Ahmad Abu-Laban has been declared persona non grata in the
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was his characterisation of the Danish liberal politician
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in different Muslim countries. He was employed in the
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