A leading proponent of peaceful co-existence of democracy and Islam, Khader co-founded an association of opponents of Islamic supremacism and jihadism in 2008, with the aim to promote freedom of speech and inspire moderate Muslims worldwide when the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began.
[9] In 2009, Khader first suggested a complete ban on the burqa as part of an integration initiative by the Conservatives' parliamentary group, describing it as "un-Danish" and "oppression of women".
As a Palestinian refugee, his father had difficulties getting a good job in Syria, and although they lived in his wife's village, she was often referred to as "The one who married a stranger".
Khader's father emigrated to Europe in the 1960s – a period when European countries had begun to solicit immigration by foreign workers.
As the newspaper had published cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, journalist Tim Jensen reported that "practicing Muslims" in Denmark developed negative and hostile perceptions of him.
Early in his career, Khader was on good terms with a number of notable political commentators and journalists.
[16] In a documentary about the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Naser Khader is shown jogging with political commentator Henrik Qvortrup, exclaiming, "I don't want to give that idiot any more screentime", referring to Ahmed Akkari.
However, during the 2007 parliamentary election campaign, Qvortrup published a story in his tabloid magazine Se og Hør, accusing Khader of tax fraud.
In reaction, Khader called Qvortrup a "pig", a common Danish insult similar to the word "jerk".
In December 2012 Khader was completely exonerated of the allegations of fraud but his good relations to the media suffered greatly from the incident.
Following a short period as an independent Member of the Danish Parliament, Khader joined the Conservative People's Party on 17 March 2009.
In 2009, Khader first suggested a complete ban on the burqa as part of an integration initiative by the Conservatives' parliamentary group, describing it as "un-Danish" and "oppression of women".
He joined Hudson Institute as Senior Fellow before running successfully for parliament in the national election on 18 June 2015.
Khader left the Conservative People's Party in August 2021 and continued as an independent member of the Danish parliament.
[4] In 2003, the Danish daily newspaper Politiken described how Khader had plagiarized a number of passages in his book 'Ære og Skam'.
Apparently, passages in the book were copied from two of his worst critics at the time, a Danish Muslim writer, Aminah Tønnesen and dr.theol.
[25] In 2017, Naser Khader was again accused of plagiarism when the Danish weekly newspaper Weekendavisen revealed that the book 'Hjertet Bløder', which Naser Khader co-wrote with journalist Stig Matthiesen, consisted of material from other books, articles and reference work like Wikipedia without any references.
In the email, put out a number of serious accusations against female imam Sherin Khankan and her colleague in the so-called 'Exit Circle', an NGO helping women subjected to violence and religious and social control.