Naser Khader

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Naser Khader (born 1 July 1963) is a Danish–Syrian politician who is member of the Parliament of Denmark for the Conservative People's Party.

He was first elected to Parliament representing the Danish Social Liberal Party in 2001.

In 2007 he left this party to found New Alliance (later Liberal Alliance), whom he represented from 2007 until 5 January 2009.

A leading proponent of peaceful co-existence of democracy and Islam, he established a new movement, Moderate Muslims (later renamed Democratic Muslims), when the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began. In the national elections on 13 November 2007, Naser Khader's New Alliance party won five parliamentary seats.

After a tumultuous year, in which two MPs left the party, one was excluded from the parliamentary group, and the party was renamed to Liberal Alliance, Naser Khader too left the party.

Following a short period as an Independent Member of the Danish Parliament, Naser Khader joined the Conservative People's Party on 17 March 2009.

Khader lost his seat in the 2011 Danish parliamentary election, but regained it in the 2015 election.Khader co-founded an association of Islamism critics in 2008, with the aim to promote freedom of speech and inspire moderate Muslims worldwide.

Khader and the Conservative Party advocate a complete ban on the burqa as part of an integration initiative by the Conservatives' parliamentary group, describing it as "un-Danish" and "oppression against women".

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Political career

In 2001, Naser Khader was elected to parliament for the first time.

He was given the Freedom of Expression Award by Jyllands-Posten in 2006. As the newspaper had released cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, journalist Tim Jensen reported that "practicing Muslims" in Denmark had negative and hostile views of him.

Ahmed Akkari, spokesman for the group of Danish imams touring the Middle East in the wake of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, said the following about Khader:

"If Khader becomes Minister of Integration, it is likely that two guys will blow him and the Ministry up." Vid. (Fr.)

Khader said he had to decide whether or not to continue in politics in the aftermath of Akkari's assault. When Akkari was later confronted with his remark, he said he was joking. Khader said on April 1, 2006, that he would return to politics.

Khader was on good terms with a number of influential political commentators and journalists early in his career. He became acquainted with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as well as two of the Danish Prime Minister's former press secretaries.

Naser Khader is seen jogging with political commentator Henrik Qvortrup, referring to Ahmed Akkari, in a documentary about the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoon controversy. However, Qvortrup wrote a story accusing Khader of tax evasion during his 2007 parliamentary election campaign, citing the publication of a report in his tabloid journal Se og Hr. Khader branded Qvortrup a "pig," a common Danish insult similar to the word "jerk." Khader was completely cleared of the allegations of dishonesty in December 2012, but his good links to the media suffered as a result. Nonetheless, Qvortrup maintains that the tale was true.

Khader, a former member of the Social Liberal Party, resigned from the party on May 7 in order to form his own faction, the New Alliance.

"I had a variety of reasons for leaving the Social Liberal Party." I had long been discouraged by the naiveté of my colleagues, especially during the cartoon crisis. A lot of people chastised the Jyllands-Posten newspaper for publishing the cartoons, but they had a difficult time denying the Middle East's reaction to the cartoons. At its worst, my former party embodies typical European intellectual naiveté and naiveté. Their general view is something like this: all viewpoints are equal. I used to believe that I did, but now I don't. I've been averse to cultural relativism today. It's both old-fashioned and immature. Many who subscribe to such beliefs are described as "halal hippies," and no longer believe that all values are equal. Some values are more valuable than others, and political principles will always be higher than others. Democracy comes before faith, because democracy embraces people of all sorts, while religion and culture have a tendency to exclude those who have a different viewpoint or lifestyle.

In the national election on November 13, 2007, the New Alliance party secured five seats. This was the first time a new party had been elected to parliament since 1987. The party disbanded and reformed into the Libertarian Alliance on January 5, 2009. Khader joined the Conservative People's Party after a brief period as an independent member of the Danish Parliament.

Khader was not re-elected in the 2011 Danish general elections. He began at Hudson Institute as a Senior Fellow before running in the national election on June 18, 2015. Khader introduced the Danish ban on the burqa as part of a broader movement, describing it as "un-Danish" and "oppression against women" at the time. He later argued for a Law of Consent. Khader said it was "deeply troubling" that the number of rape cases [among immigrants] is on the rise, and that the current Sexual Offences Act did not have appropriate safeguards for rape victims. Khader, the Chairman of the Danish Parliament's Defense Committee, became a well-known spokesperson for the Wales Pledge, increasing defense spending to 2% of GDP. Khader left the Conservative People's Party in August 2021 and served as a member of the Danish parliament as an outsider.

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