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# Denmark considers deporting Imams
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/19359/
- Published: 2006-02-03T15:02:06.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:34:46.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

It's ironic that it would be cartoons about Mohammed that got the world's blood boiling, when the tone of the public debate in Denmark for years has been disrespectful and xenophobic towards Muslims themselves. The editor of the Danish newspaper Jylland Posten, Carsten Juste, [compares himself](http://www.bny.dk/cgi-bin/dyn/show.forside.mpl?pressemeddelelse=2765&ref=opendemocracy.net) to Salman Rushdie, but has tactfully [semi-apologised](http://www.jp.dk/meninger/ncartikel:aid=3527646?ref=opendemocracy.net) in English on his newspaper's website. The tactic of the Danish government, meanwhile, seems to be to [investigate](http://politiken.dk/visartikel.iasp?pageid=436478&ref=opendemocracy.net) whether they can legally deport all the imams who they consider to have "spread harmful misinformation" or "made harmful statements to the Arabic press," damaging "Danish interests in the Middle East". There's freedom of expression and sensitivity for you. Or hypocrisy. [Reporters without Borders](http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/71993/?ref=opendemocracy.net) prints a reminder that private media in Denmark are not mouthpieces of government or Danish people. This Dane agrees.