Islam-Critical Network Explained

The Islam-Critical Network (Danish: Islamkritisk Netværk) was a network of priests and theologians in the Church of Denmark^[1] which stated that Muslims and Christians do not believe in the same God, and rejected interfaith collaboration with imams and mosques.^[2] The network consisted of around 120 priests and theologians,^{[3] [4]} including,, and,^[2] as well as the two former bishops and .^[5] It was founded amid the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy in May 2006,^[6] and was initiated by Katrine Winkel Holm and Thomas Reinholdt Rasmussen, who presented the network in an article in Kristeligt Dagblad.^[3] At its first public meeting in September 2006, the network agreed to be structured as loosely as possible.^[3] The network hosted a website collecting articles published by its members,^[7] which was last posted to in 2012.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Question of Integration: Immigration, Exclusion and the Danish Welfare State. Karen Fog. Olwig. Karsten. Pærregaard. 99. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2011. 9781443827959.
2. News: Folkekirkepræster bag islamkritik . B.T.. Ritzau. 26 May 2006. da.
3. News: Islamkritisk Netværk dropper fastere rammer. Claus. Vincents. Kristeligt Dagblad. 5 September 2006. da.
4. News: De 112 præster i islamkritisk netværk. Kristeligt Dagblad. 29 May 2006. da.
5. News: To tidligere biskopper med i islamkritisk Netværk. Dagbladet Information. Ritzau. 21 June 2006. da.
6. News: Præster: Muhammed-krise gjorde religiøse forskelle tindrende klare. Tobias Stern. Johansen. Kristeligt Dagblad. 1 October 2015. da.
7. News: Islamkritiske netværk i Danmark. Egil. Bargfeldt. Religion.dk. Kristeligt Dagblad. 1 August 2011. da.
8. Web site: Islamkritisk Netværk i Folkekirken. Islamkritisk Netværk i Folkekirken. 30 July 2024. da.