19 November 2013

Muslim critic Yahya Hassan assaulted at Central Station

Poet was attacked from behind by a 24-year-old man who allegedly shouted that Hassan was an infidel and should die.

Hassan was assaulted with punches to his head and body while waiting on a platform at Copenhagen Central Station yesterday, according to media reports.

.... Hassan – whose parents are Palestinian – gained national attention after he, in an interview with Politiken newspaper, blamed Muslim parents, and not the state, for the fact that so many immigrants of his generation have become criminals. [The Copenhagen Post] Read more