Henrik Ræder Clausen Explained

Henrik Ræder Clausen
Birth Date:21 September 1963
Nationality:Danish
Party:Danish People's Party
New Right (formerly)

Henrik Ræder Clausen (born 21 September 1963)[1] is a Danish politician.[2] Clausen has been noted as a critic of Islam, and formerly published the news blog EuropeNews.[3] [4] [5]

Political activities

Clausen was a member of the Danish People's Party from 2004 to 2011, when he left the party due to restrictions on what he could say and write publicly.[6] He was a candidate for the party for the 2009 European Parliament elections.[7] He later joined the New Right party,[6] and was a candidate for the party in the 2021 municipal elections and the 2022 general elections.[1] By 2024 he had returned to the Danish People's Party, and became a member of its board in Aarhus.[8]

Clausen became a publisher of the news blog EuropeNews.dk in 2007, which has been described as being affiliated with the counter-jihad movement,[3] [4] [9] and published both an English-language and German-language edition.[10] The blog is now defunct.[5]

From 2009 to 2019, he spoke at several conferences at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)[6] for the International Civil Liberties Alliance.[11] He participated in several of the international counter-jihad conferences since 2008,[3] [11] [12] and in an ACT for America conference in 2014.[5] He has also taken part in arranging the annual national conservative event .[13]

Clausen's writings has been published on the blogs Jihad Watch, The Brussels Journal[3] and Gates of Vienna.[5] In 2009, he wrote on Jihad Watch that Islam had worse ethics than Satanism.[14] He has also written in Jyllands-Posten in support of the Hungarian anti-LGBT law.[15]

Personal life

Clausen grew up in Brabrand in Aarhus Municipality, but moved to Copenhagen for several years where he wrote about computer technology for the magazine Komputer for Alle.[6] [16] He moved back to Brabrand in 2005 where he works as a web developer and programmer.[6]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henrik Ræder Clausen . TV 2 . 15 March 2024. da.
  2. News: Hungary’s Negative Image is Generated in Brussels, thinks Danish Politician. Dániel. Deme. Hungary Today. 13 October 2022.
  3. Book: Hannus, Martha. Counterjihadrörelsen– en del av den antimuslimska miljön. 28, 83. 2012. Expo Research. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20221101144939/https://expo.se/file/2254/download?token=_JSo7wjG. 1 November 2022.
  4. Book: Wäckerlig, Oliver . Vernetzte Islamfeindlichkeit: Die transatlantische Bewegung gegen »Islamisierung«. Events - Organisationen - Medien. 2019. 9783839449738. 10.1515/9783839449738. 86, 231–232. transcript Verlag. de.
  5. Web site: Factsheet: Gates of Vienna. Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. 18 September 2020.
  6. News: Kommunalvalg: Han ønsker mere fællesskab og tryghed i Brabrand. Peter From. Jacobsen. Vores Brabrand. 4 November 2021. da.
  7. News: Henrik Ræder Clausen (O). Kristeligt Dagblad. 19 May 2009. da.
  8. News: DF Aarhus får ny bestyrelse: Ny formand kommer fra andet parti. Søren. Willumsen. Århus Stiftstidende. 9 April 2024. da.
  9. Book: The Routledge International Handbook on Hate Crime. 206. Nathan . Hall. Abbee . Corb. Paul . Giannasi. John . Grieve. 2014. Routledge. 9781136684432.
  10. Book: Pertwee, Ed. 'Green Crescent, Crimson Cross': The Transatlantic 'Counterjihad' and the New Political Theology. 267. October 2017. London School of Economics.
  11. Web site: International counter-jihad organisations. 11 January 2018. Hope not hate. https://web.archive.org/web/20240407011107/https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/. 7 April 2024.
  12. Book: Understanding the Populist Shift: Othering in a Europe in Crisis. 147–148. Gabriella. Lazaridis. Giovanna. Campani. 2016. Routledge. 9781317326052.
  13. News: DF-politiker taler ved højreradikalt møde. Knud. Abildtrup. DK Nyt. 4 July 2014. da.
  14. News: DF-kandidat sammenligner islam med satanisme . Kåre. Pedersen. Dagbladet Information. 23 April 2009. da.
  15. News: Dán kiállás a magyar törvény mellett. Deme Dániel. Magyar Hírlap. 16 July 2021. Hungarian.
  16. News: Er det let at hacke trådløse netværk?. Rikke. Rasmussen. Ekstra Bladet. 16 May 2008. da.

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