Hasselager
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Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. In practice, the area has largely become one with Kolt
Kolt, Denmark
Kolt is a south-western suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. It is located 9km from the city centre....
, the latter being the primary location of various useful facilities such as supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
s as well as a small doctor's clinic
Clinic
A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...
.
The community consists of approximately 4,000 residents of mostly Danish heritage.
Current political topics in Hasselager include the building of a mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
and an Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic school. There is the belief that people in the community fear Islamization of the community due to the construction and in-flux of residents with Middle Eastern heritage. However, only 1% of the total population of Aarhus voted for the party Århus Mod Moskéen (Aarhus against the Mosque) whose only wish is to halt the construction of the mosque.