Danish court acquits commentator over Facebook post

A court in Hillerød acquitted commentator Mohamed Abdirahman Kahn on Tuesday over a Facebook comment prosecutors said encouraged a crime, DR reports. The court said it had not been proved that the comment broke the law.

The comment was posted in July 2025 in response to an article by B.T. Kahn wrote that the newspaper was “complicit in a genocide” and attacking “our brothers and sisters” in Denmark. He called on Muslim men in Denmark to come together, make a plan and fight the newspaper, adding: “We can stop them, and we must do so in the hard and painful way.”

Kahn denied the charge and said in court that his comment had been misunderstood. Before the verdict, he told the court: “When I say fight, I mean politically, and it has nothing to do with violence.”

His defence lawyer, Erbil Kaya, argued that the comment did not call for violence and did not specify who should be fought or how. The court cited the wording of the comment and the fact that it was removed after 10 hours in explaining its decision.

Kahn, who is also known as Mohamed Abdi Kahn, has about 19,000 followers on Facebook. According to Jyllands-Posten, his critical statements about Denmark and praise for Islamic values prompted, among others, Immigration Minister Morten Bødskov (S) to urge him to leave the country.

Kahn is an Ethiopian citizen who came to Denmark in 2015. He and his wife have six children. The Danish state must pay the costs of the case. Prosecutors have 14 days to appeal the ruling to the high court.