The council was initiated in 2000, by the politician Hamid El-Mousti and gathered 30 associations of Muslims upon its creation.[1] The council is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE).[2]
In June 2014, the Danish Islamic Council opened the Grand Mosque of Copenhagen (officially Hamad Bin Khalifa Civilisation Center, after the Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani), the country's largest mosque, and the first one with a minaret. Qatar provided $27 million to finance the construction, which led the Danish People's Party to express their concerns about potential interference of the Qataris in the Danish domestic affairs.[3]
In 2015, it condemned the 2015 Copenhagen shootings against secular and Jewish targets, saying, "The Danish Islamic Council invites everyone in Danish society to unite in the fight against extremism and terrorism."[4][5] In April 2015, the council was in favor of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.[6]
The Danish Islamic Council said that the Grand Mosque of Copenhagen "had chosen a moderate approach of Islam", but in a TV documentary that was aired in March 2016, on TV 2, a female reporter with a hidden camera recorded the imam of the mosque preaching a radical vision of Sunni Islam.[citation needed]
^Scharbrodt, Oliver; Akgönül, Samim; Alibašić, Ahmet; Nielsen, Jørgen; Racius, Egdunas (2015). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. Vol. 7. BRILL. p. 55. ISBN9789004308909.
^L. Vidino, S. Altuna (February 2021). "The Muslim Brotherhood's Pan-European Structure" (PDF). dokumentationsstelle.at. Dokumentationsstelle Politischer Islam. p. 134. (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 31 Oct 2021.
^"Denmark's first 'real' mosque opens, bankrolled by Qatar". Timesofisrael.com. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
^"Dansk Islamisk Råd: Håber gerningsmand fanges snart" [Danish Islamic Council: Hope the perpetrator will be caught soon] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^"Dansk Islamisk Råd: Håber gerningsmand fanges snart" [Danish Islamic Council: Hope the perpetrator will be caught soon]. Nyhederne.tv2.dk (in Danish). 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^"Danish Islamic Council President commends Determination Storm". Spa.gov.sa. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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