No - she was wrongly translated as having said that!
The offensive word here is 'modspil' which has wrongly been translated to 'opposition'; modspil may be the interaction between equally strong parties, it may be response or even opposition but not in a negative way.
And no, she didn't write an article or speech about it
(wouldn't it have been great to check something like this out before making claims?)
As to the
book by Annelise Bistrup about Queen Margrethe II, excerpts from this book can be found eg. here:
http://jeppesn.dk/kongerige/citater-annelise-bistrup.html
I disse år udfordres vi af islam. Både globalt og lokalt. Der er noget imponerende ved mennesker, for hvem religioner gennemsyrer tilværelsen fra morgen til aften, fra vugge til grav. Der er også kristne, der har det sådan.
Men det er en udfordring, vi er nødt til at tage alvorligt. Vi har
ganske givet ladet det flagre i alt for lang tid. Fordi vi er
tolerante - og temmelig dovne. Jeg synes virkelig ikke, det er
nemt. Og heller ikke så rart.
My translation:
"In these years we are challenged by islam, globally and locally. There is something impressive about human beings for whom religion pervades their life from morning till night, from cradle to grave. There are Christians who feel the same way"
But it is a challenge we have to take seriously. We have certainly let it blow in the wind for far too long time. Because we are tolerant - and rather lazy. I really do not think it is easy. And not very pleasant either"
My translation:"One has to show a response ['modspil'] and sometime one has to run the risk of being labelled something less flattering. Because there are certain things one should not tolerate. When you are tolerant you have to check out whether you are so because of convenience or conviction"
Funny, I would assume that a person making this sort of statement would have at least a figment of knowledge of the monarch's role in Denmark.
The monarch in Denmark is non-political - FULL STOP.
[..]. And that is
exactly how a queen and prominent member of the Christian church should react.
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Admins, sorry for taking up this much space about a Danish issue in a Dutch thread; but had to react to a post so filled with misinformation.
I love this picture http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=06102105nv4.jpg
. I believe Bonebakker The Hague is where the RF get's some jewels (engagementring of Mabel for example), so this one is most probably from their collection as well.
