Danish Muslims can create a peace ring around a Copenhagen synagogue that came under a deadly attack, the city’s police said after originally denying the request.
The peace ring is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 14 at the central Copenhagen shul, or Krystalgade Synagogue.
A volunteer Jewish security guard, Dan Uzan, was shot and killed there on Feb. 14 by a lone Islamist gunman who hours earlier had killed one in a shooting at a free speech event at a cultural center.
Police in the Danish capital had cited security concerns for rejecting the original request, which was made a week after the shootings.
The Copenhagen organizers are planning to duplicate a similar initiative that took place last month in Oslo, where reports said that more than 1,000 people, including many Muslims, formed a human chain around a synagogue in a show of support for Jews.
A separate Danish Muslim group held a peace vigil in Copenhagen’s City Hall Square on Feb. 27 that was attended by an estimated 300 people, a local news website reported. — jta