Re: Far-right anti-Muslim network on rise globally as Breivik trial opens

Lil Kiethie Keith is a wingnut drunkard dolt.

On Apr 23, 12:07 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The, "Global Islamophoic Agenda"?
>
> As is typical, more hateful Moonbattery from TommyTomTomForNews.   No
> wonder why no one views Tom as, "Credible"......Marco is also an idiot.
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> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > From Marco
>
> > Far-right anti-Muslim network on rise globally as Breivik trial opens
> > Report highlights UK role in the growth of groups that inspired
> > Norway's mass murderer
>
> > Mark Townsend, home affairs editor
> > guardian.co.uk, Saturday 14 April 2012 18.37 BST
> > Article history
>
> > Supporters of the English Defence League, which was among groups that
> > inspired the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, chant
> > during a demonstration in Bradford. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty
> > Images
> > The international network of counter-jihadist groups that inspired
> > Anders Behring Breivik is growing in reach and influence, according to
> > a report released on the eve of the Norwegian's trial.
>
> > Far-right organisations are becoming more cohesive as they forge
> > alliances throughout Europe and the US, says the study, with 190
> > groups now identified as promoting an Islamophobic agenda.
>
> > This week Breivik will appear on trial in Oslo after confessing to the
> > murder of 77 people in Norway last July, killings that he justified as
> > part of a "war" between the west and Islamists.
>
> > The report, by anti-racism group Hope Not Hate, states that since the
> > 33-year-old's killing spree, the counter-jihad movement – a network of
> > foundations, bloggers, political activists and street gangs – has
> > continued to proliferate.
>
> > Campaigners cite the formation three months ago of the Stop
> > Islamization of Nations (Sion) group, designed to promote an umbrella
> > network of counter-jihad groups across Europe and the US, as evidence
> > of a global evolution.
>
> > An inaugural Sion summit is planned in New York this year to coincide
> > with the anniversary of 9/11. Speakers are set to include Paul Weston,
> > chairman of the anti-Islamic British Freedom Party (BFP), which
> > recently announced a pact with the English Defence League. In the
> > manifesto that Breivik published online 90 minutes before his attacks,
> > he cited blog postings by Weston which discussed a "European civil
> > war" between the west and Islam.
>
> > Researchers at Hope Not Hate name the UK as one of Europe's most
> > active countries in terms of counter-jihad extremism, with 22
> > anti-Islamic groups currently operating.
>
> > In Europe as a whole, 133 organisations were named in the report,
> > including seven in Norway, and another 47 in the US, where a network
> > of neo-conservative, evangelical and conservative organisations
> > attempts to spread "negative perceptions of Islam, Muslim minorities
> > and Islamic culture".
>
> > Nick Lowles, director of Hope Not Hate said: "Breivik acted alone but
> > it was the 'counter-Jihadist' ideology that inspired him and gave him
> > the reasoning to carry out these atrocious attacks. All eyes this week
> > will be on what Breivik did last July, but we ignore those people who
> > inspired him at our peril."
>
> > Andreas Mammone, a historian at Kingston University in London and an
> > expert on European fascism, said broader factors had helped the
> > counter-jihad movement to consolidate support. "The economic crisis
> > continues to promote nationalism alongside the need for a common
> > enemy. A fear of radical Islam is being developed, the idea that it
> > presents a threat to our freedom," he said.
>
> > The report also identifies the counter-jihad network's most
> > influential figures, including EDL leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (known
> > as Tommy Robinson), but also the more discreet London property tycoon
> > Ann Marchini, whose details surfaced on a leaked list of EDL donors
> > and who is understood to have attended counter-jihad conferences in
> > Scandinavia, Brussels, Zurich and London. She attended a recent
> > meeting where the EDL agreed its electoral pact with the BFP and is
> > also understood to be involved with the UK wing of the Centre for
> > Vigilant Freedom (CVF), and a well-funded US group renamed the
> > International Civil Liberties Alliance (ICLA), which is based in
> > Fairfax, Virginia, and co-ordinates individuals and groups in 20
> > countries.
>
> > The ICLA also runs the Counter-Jihad Europa website, which acts as a
> > "clearing house for national initiatives to oppose the Islamisation of
> > Europe". Three months after Breivik's attacks the ICLA organised a
> > counter-jihad conference in London with the help of its European
> > co-ordinator, Christopher Knowles, another EDL co-founder and director
> > of the UK branch of the CVF, which is registered in Wakefield.
>
> > New anti-Islamic groups continue to emerge. Two weeks ago in Denmark,
> > Yaxley-Lennon held the inaugural meeting of a Europe-wide network of
> > defence leagues. Another new group, founded in Belgium last month, is
> > Women Against Islamisation, a pan-European network whose launch was
> > addressed by Jackie Cook, the wife of Nick Griffin, chairman of the
> > British National party (BNP).
>
> > In Greece, polls suggest the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn could pass
> > the 3% threshold required to enter parliament in elections next month.
>
> > Another development concerns the hardening of links between European
> > and US anti-Islamic organisations. US blogger Pamela Geller is a key
> > figure driving closer transatlantic relations. Geller, who is
> > president of Sion, was mentioned in Breivik's manifesto and was a
> > vociferous protester against the development of a mosque in Lower
> > Manhattan in 2010.
>
> > The co-founder of Sion is Denmark's Anders Gravers, organiser of Stop
> > Islamisation of Europe. Gravers met Yaxley-Lennon in Denmark last
> > month.
>
> > Campaigners are concerned that US neo-conservative and evangelical
> > groups will begin sharing resources with the leagues. Images of EDL
> > demonstrations are already used at Tea Party movement fundraising
> > events, while officials from groups such as the Christian Action
> > Network have met EDL activists. Other US and UK links include the
> > Virginia-based anti-Islamic blog, the Gates Of Vienna, which counted
> > Breivik as a contributor. As attention turns to Norway, experts are
> > keen to stress that the country was not unusual in terms of the extent
> > of its counter-jihadist movement. Among the online forums linked to
> > Breivik are the nationalist blog Document.no, on which Breivik posted
> > more than 100 comments.
>
> > Breivik – an admirer of the EDL – was also an online supporter of the
> > Norwegian Defence League, which retains close links with its English
> > counterpart.
>
> >http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/14/breivik-trial-norway-mass...
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