2010 started and ended with terror attacks in Denmark, both related to the Danish Mohammed cartoons. I wish us all a happy and quieter 2011.
I've considered how to best present an overview of the past year. Like every other year, it's been very eventful. I don't have the time and patience to sit and summarize the year.. though two issues come to mind: the French National Assembly approving a ban on burqas and the first ever suicide bombing in Sweden.
One (easy) way of looking at the year, is to look at the top posts of every month:
January
Paris: Girl beaten for chatting on MSN
February
Norway: Allah will decide if it's peaceful
March
Netherlands: Mosque smeared with blood
April
Sweden: Muslim community fears violence after attack on elderly couple
May
Norway/Sweden: When the locals become a minority
June
Paris: Anti-Islamisation 'pork and wine' party slammed
July
BREAKING: Three arrested in Norway for terror plot
August
Norway: Mosque wants restaurant to stop serving beer
September
Copenhagen: Jyllands-Posten possible target of terror attack
October
Norway: No Saudi mosques, as long as there's no freedom of religion in Saudi-Arabia
November
Utrecht: "They pick gays, because Geert Wilders stands up for them"
December
Bosnia Mufti: 'Halal food movement can lead Muslims to rule world economy'
