Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Danish Jewish radio silenced ‘for security reasons’

For the first time since going on air, Radio Shalom Copenhagen suspends broadcasting; host refuses police protection


By Amanda Borschel-Dan for The Times of Israel

Danish Security and Intelligence Services advised the Jewish community to cancel its Radio Shalom broadcasts Monday.

On the recommendation of the Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET), for the first time since going on air, host Abraham Kopenhagen did not broadcast his mix of Jewish music and culture Monday evening, reported the Copenhagen Post.

Denmark is on high alert following the dual terrorist attacks Saturday in which a free speech protestor at a Copenhagen cafe and 37-year old volunteer security guard Dan Uzan were killed. Uzan was slain while protecting some 80 attendees of a bat mitzvah at Copenhagen’s Great Synagogue.

The terrorist, who was shot by Danish police, was identified as 22-year-old Muslim extremist Omar El-Hussein.

Kopenhagen told Danish-language DR Nyheder, “PET says it’s too dangerous. We do not feel that it is too dangerous, but we respect the information we are given.”

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