Jan M. Olsen
Jan M. Olsen is an author at Religion News Service.
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Denmark widens terror investigation that coincides with arrests of alleged Hamas members in Germany
By Jan M. Olsen — December 15, 2023
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish intelligence agency PET on Thursday announced the arrests of three people on suspicion of plotting to carry out “an act of terror."
Denmark’s parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts
By Jan M. Olsen — December 7, 2023
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — This year alone, activists have staged more than 500 protests, including burnings of the Quran, in front of embassies of Muslim countries, places of worship and in immigrant neighborhoods.
Sweden raises its terror threat level to high for fear of attacks following recent Quran burnings
By Karl Ritter and Jan M. Olsen — August 18, 2023
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish Security Service, known as SÄPO, lifted the “terror threat level” one notch to “high,” the fourth of five levels, for the first time since 2016.
Swedish police authorize protest by man who plans to burn Torah, Bible outside Israeli Embassy
By Karl Ritter and Jan M. Olsen — July 14, 2023
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Israeli officials called on the Swedish government to stop the protest, which is scheduled to take place Saturday outside the diplomatic mission.
Holocaust forum focuses on social media role in antisemitism
By Jan M. Olsen — October 13, 2021
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A one-day conference on the receding memory of the Holocaust was held Wednesday in Sweden with participants focusing on how social media is contributing to a rise in antisemitism around the world. “There is a dangerous rise of antisemitism all over the world, mainly because of the new social media,” said […]
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