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'''Mikael Aktor''' (* June 12, 1949), is a Jewish [[Intactivists|intactivist]] from Denmark, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Southern Denmark, Department of History, Study of Religions in Odense, and vice chairman of [[Intact Denmark]]. | '''Mikael Aktor''' (* June 12, 1949), is a Jewish [[Intactivists|intactivist]] from Denmark, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Southern Denmark, Department of History, Study of Religions in Odense, and vice chairman of [[Intact Denmark]]. | ||
He spoke at the [[WWDOGA]]2017 in Cologne, Germany. | |||
One day after the [[WWDOGA]] 2017, he held a speech about "Jewish Voices in the Danish Debate on [[MGM]] and the Danish Legal Situation" on the Symposium "Jungenbeschneidung in Deutschland - Eine Bestandsaufnahme" (Circumcision on boys in Germany - an inventory) in Düsseldorf. | |||
The head of The Jewish Society in Denmark, Dan Rosenberg Asmussen, urged Aktor to read a statement of Rosenberg Asmussen which informs the auditorium of the Scientific Symposium, that Aktor does not speak on behalf of all Danish Jews. Aktor did so but also stated that he had never claimed to speak for all Danish Jews. The host of the Symposium, German University professor [[Matthias Franz]], later informed the auditorium, that Rosenberg Asmussen had also asked him to publish the statement which he refused to do, saying that science will never follow advices from religion. | The head of The Jewish Society in Denmark, Dan Rosenberg Asmussen, urged Aktor to read a statement of Rosenberg Asmussen which informs the auditorium of the Scientific Symposium, that Aktor does not speak on behalf of all Danish Jews. Aktor did so but also stated that he had never claimed to speak for all Danish Jews. The host of the Symposium, German University professor [[Matthias Franz]], later informed the auditorium, that Rosenberg Asmussen had also asked him to publish the statement which he refused to do, saying that science will never follow advices from religion. | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/mikael.aktor Facebook profile] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhIjDtwH9j4&list=PLP3sy53e5kvGIvR_ZmoQoWK0aNp9YUf73&index=9 WWDOGA 2017, speech Mikael Aktor] | ||
* [http://www.sdu.dk/ansat/aktor.aspx University profile page] | *[https://www.facebook.com/mikael.aktor Facebook profile] | ||
*[http://www.sdu.dk/ansat/aktor.aspx University profile page] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||