| code: 322533 | Date: 2012/06/16 - 12:44 | source: Islamophobia | print |
The truth about far-right violence in Europe |
The report "documents patterns of violence, from the peddling of hate
online and the drawing up of lists of 'national traitors', to violence,
arson and murder on the streets, and the stockpiling of weapons in
preparation for 'race war'".
The IRR points out that Islamophobia is just one element in the rise
of violence on the part of the European far right. While Muslims are the
far right's principal targets in western Europe, in eastern Europe it
is the Roma who are the main victims, while anti-black racism and
antisemitism are also on the increase.
Another worrying development is that "attacks on Social Democrats,
Left politicians, academics and journalists that report on the far Right
around Europe are intensifying too".
The report can be downloaded here
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