Peder Tuborgh (born 22 April 1963), also referred to as Peder Tuborgh, is the Chief Executive of the partly Danish multi-national dairy processing company Arla Foods. (wikipedia)
Freedom of expression is an internal Danish issue, but this has a totally different dimension. This is about Denmark having offended millions of Muslims.
I'm not sure if we have been quick enough at home to understand the scope of this. Denmark has offended millions of Muslims. Muslims are not in doubt, at any rate, that they have been slandered.
Our challenge is to regain consumer confidence in the Middle East.
I urgently beg the Government to enter a positive dialogue with the many millions of Muslims who feel they have been offended by Denmark.
They are all suffering these days from the affected sales of the company in the area, although they did not make any mistake. Others made the mistake and they condemn it. Now that we have clarified where we stand ... we leave the rest to your sense of justice.
I would ask the government to immediately enter a positive dialogue with the many millions of Muslims who feel offended by Denmark. I'm not sure if we have been quick enough at home to understand the scope of this.
