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Posted on 08/18/2002 8:44:16 PM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
Muslim extremists in Denmark have prepared a "hit list" of 15 prominent Jewish leaders in that country, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten reported last week.
The names of the targeted Jews were not published, due to pressure from the Danish police. However, Ha'aretz has learned that the list includes a former chief rabbi of Denmark, Binyamin (Bent) Melchior - father of Israel's deputy foreign minister, Rabbi Michael Melchior.
According to the paper, the "hit list" specifies cash prizes to be paid to anyone who succeeds in killing someone on the list.
The paper based its report on sources in Denmark's Muslim community. It said it did not know who was responsible for drafting the list, but suspicion has fallen on Hizb ut Tahrir (Liberation Party), an extremist organization that has expressed support in the past for killing Jews. Due to these statements, the Danish Justice Ministry is currently considering outlawing the organization.
The head of the Danish Jewish community, Professor Jacques Blum, told the paper that the hit list shows that "the intifada has reached Denmark. I view it as very grave that Jews cannot walk about freely on the streets of Denmark."
Binyamin Melchior, who was chief rabbi of Denmark from 1969-96, told Ha'aretz that he does not know whether his name appears on the list, "but I would be very disappointed if I didn't appear."
He said that police representatives "spoke with various people in the community, I among them. They didn't tell me I had been personally threatened. They only told me not to be afraid, they are taking care of the situation... They said they are keeping watch over places where they fear something might happen, but I don't know whether they are watching my house."
"There is no need for any Israeli pressure on the matter, since the Danish authorities are taking the necessary steps themselves," he added.
Melchior, who recently started an association for interfaith dialogue in Denmark, said the reported hit list is no indication of the general state of Jewish-Muslim relations in Denmark.
"I will be meeting tomorrow [Monday] with the heads of our organization, and I am certain everyone will denounce the threats," he said.
Shown below are representative radiographic images ("x-rays")
of some living wounded by terrorists' detonations made with virus-ridden
screws and nails.
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