Jyllands-Posten has conducted a survey of Danes’ views on 7 October and the answers are shocking: 35 per cent of Danish Muslims support the attack, but just as disturbing is the fact that 14 per cent of the general population does. 25 per cent of Muslims strongly agree, i.e. express strong support for 7 October. 10 per cent “mostly agree”. A total of 35 per cent.
Only 21 per cent of Danish Muslims strongly disagree that 7 October was justified. A full 25 per cent do not know. 13 per cent answered “neither-or”, i.e. could not make up their minds. In other words, 38 per cent have no view on a conflict that has characterised the entire year. This is part of the picture: A large block in the middle of almost 40 per cent separates pro-Hamas and anti-Hamas. You could say that only one in five Danish Muslims have the right attitudes.
But radicalisation also applies to Danes.
In the general Danish population, a total of 14 per cent of respondents “strongly agree” or “mostly agree” that “Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October, despite the civilian casualties, was a justified act after many years of oppression by the Israeli state”.
Considering the brutality and historical backdrop of the Holocaust, it’s a high number.
It gets even worse if you break down the responses by age. Muslim youth are more radical than their elders, and this also applies to Danish youth, just not to the same extent. The group in favour of terrorism is much larger than those against among Muslim youth. They have greater recruitment opportunities.
32 per cent of Muslims living in Denmark answered that they sympathise with Hamas either “to a great extent” or “to some extent”, while 10 per cent sympathise “to a small extent”. “to a small extent” sympathise with the terrorist organisation.
The fact that 44 per cent of young Muslims support Hamas is a danger signal for Danish democracy and Danish coexistence.
More young Muslims sympathise with Hamas than older Muslims.
44 per cent of 18-29-year-old Muslims sympathise “to a great extent” or “to some extent” with Hamas, compared to 22 per cent of those aged 55+.
It seems that the first generation had a respect for Danish values and norms that the younger generation lacks.
If you combine “strongly agree” (28 per cent), “mostly agree” (13 per cent) and “neither agree nor disagree” (17 per cent), you get a total of 57 per cent support for 7 October among 18-29 year olds. These are dramatic figures. When we count “neither-or” in the pro-Hamas camp, it’s because many Muslims must know that support for Hamas does not give credit among Danes. Yet young people flaunt their support for Hamas. The resistance front therefore exists in Denmark.