The Hamad Bin Khalifa Center mosque in Rovsingsgade, in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, received one million Danish kroner in support from Qatar, according to the Berlingske newspaper.
From now on, donations exceeding 10,000 Danish kroner in a single year will be prohibited, according to a list prepared by the government. This was stated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration, Mattias Tesfaye, on Tuesday to both Berlingske and Jyllands-Posten. He mentioned that the list will initially contain only one name, without disclosing the name, in order to prevent potential extremist forces from using donations to work against or undermine democracy and fundamental freedoms, according to the source.
Tesfaye added that more names would be added continuously. However, the Conservatives and the Danish People's Party have already criticized the list for having only one name to start with.
Accordingly, a citizen of the State of Kuwait named Rashid bin Saad Rashid Al-Alimi will not be allowed to donate more than 10,000 kroner to Danish mosques in the future.
This person from Kuwait is considered to be first on the list of those prohibited from donating more than 10 kroner to mosques in Denmark, according to what appears on the website of the Danish Immigration Service.
It is unclear why this particular person was banned; it is only mentioned that he was born in Kuwait in 1964 and that he lives in Kuwait.
A large majority in the Danish parliament voted last year in favor of a law prohibiting the receipt of donations from certain individuals, including national governments, organizations, and state-run companies.
The government and the supporting SF party voted in favor of the law, along with the opposition parties Venstre, Dansk Folkeparti, De Konservative Nye Borgerlige, and the Liberal Alliance, while the pro-government Enhedslisten party voted against it. The pro-government Radical Party abstained.
Source: TV2
