Anti-Islamic Art Rules "Hate" Speech in Denmark

WND.COM
By Marisa Martin

Artist Firoozeh Bazrafkan standing before her artwork

DENMARK---What to wear to a poetry recital? In Denmark, it may be a flak-jacket and Kevlar helmet, especially if you are the poet. Poet Yahya Hassan and the artist Firoozeh Bazrafkan are just a few of the latest casualties of the anti-”hate”-speech statutes infamously adopted in Denmark, having appropriated them from more enlightened nations such as Iran. Hassan at only 18 has managed to inflame and divide large portions of Danish society with a few bits of rough poetry. Raised in a Palestinian Muslim household, he is an angry young man with harsh words over the experience so far. Targets of Hassan’s wrath include his parents, Islam as it is now practiced and greater Danish society in general. [link]