500 homes for earthquake stricken people in the Kashmir area of Pakistan during the winter 2005 - 2006. The organization supports more than 700 orphans in more than 10 countries, finances hundreds of micro-finance projects for poor families in Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. Danish Muslim Aid is the largest charity organization in Denmark founded by Muslims. He is one of the European representatives of the Global Network of Religions for Children and is a board member of the Swedish Islamic Academy. Controversies In May 2007 he said that he would normally oppose polygamy, unless the first wife would agree and give a good reason for it, such as herself being unable to have children. Pedersen in a debate in 2002 stated that stoning as a punishment for adultery, though a terrible form of punishment, was ordained by God, which could not in itself be disputed by humans. His statement caused other Danish muslims like Sherin Khankan to disagree publicly, maintaining that it is possible to simultaneously be an orthodox Muslim and take exception to stoning. References External links God, Guide Me If You Exist - A Danish Man Discovers Islam 1954 births Danish imams Living people Danish Sufis 21st-century imams Converts to Islam from Hinduism Danish people of Finnish descent Converts to Hinduism from Christianity