CAIRO, April 10, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – After its successful "The Fog is Lifting" presentation about Islam in the Danish capital Copenhagen last month, Bridges Foundation is planning a new series starting late May.

"We are going to make presentations about Islam in Copenhagen, Odense and Arhus to explain to the Danes the true values of Islam," Bridges Director Fadel Soliman told IslamOnline.net Monday, April 10.

He said the drive comes as a response to the recommendations of Danes who attended the Dialogue in a Friendly Atmosphere event, held at Copenhagen Marriott Hotel on March 27.

The event brought together more than 176 Danes, the majority of whom were journalists from every media outlet in Denmark, said Egyptian-born Soliman.

"In a survey after attending the Fog is Lifting presentation about Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), 55 percent of the attendees said that their respect for the Prophet has increased," he recalled.

"Seventy-six percent said they would accept to attend more presentations about Islam if invited, while 97 percent agreed that the Danish people need this type of presentation to have more understanding about the Muslim faith."

Soliman said another presentation on Knud Holmboe, a Danish Muslim journalist killed by the fascists in 1931 after filming atrocities of Italian occupation troops in Libya at the time, has appealed to the gathering.

Soliman, a member of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research of the Qur’an and Sunnah, said Bridges Foundation will soon have a Copenhagen office.

"We are in the process of opening Bridges Denmark, which will be a local Danish organization to promote dialogue and introduce the true values of Islam to the Danes," he told IOL.

Established in May last year, Brideges' work is mostly done through PowerPoint presentations.

The organization consists of two main divisions: Public Presenters for Peace (PPP), which has to do with presentation materials and skills, and International Institute for Training Presenters (IITP), which trains willing imams and preachers in presenting Islam to non-Muslims.

The foundation also organizes "sensitivity courses," which educate non-Muslims on how to deal with Muslims in sensitive issues.