counter-jihad

Also known as counter-jihad movement

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Counterjihad movement - Powerbase

Counter-jihad discourse mixes valid concerns about jihad-inspired terrorism with far more complex political issues about immigration to Europe from predominantly Muslim countries. It suggests that there is a threat not just from terrorism carried out by Islamic extremists but from Islam itself. Therefore, by extension, all European Muslims are a threat. It plays on concerns over integration and multi-culturalism and addresses issues that affect most European states.[[1]]( Archer added that: 'Counter-jihad thinking creates links between European anti-immigration campaigners and the supporters of the War on Terror in the US'.[[2]]( An early centre of counterjihad discourse was the Gates of Vienna blog, run by American Edward S May under the pseudonym Baron Bodissey. In a September 2006 post on the site, Bodissey/May called for a new cultural war: We agree with Fjordman and many others that the Jihad is just a symptom, and that the enemy lies within. This war is a civil war within the West, between traditional Western culture and the forces of politically correct multicultural Marxism that have bedeviled it for the last hundred years.[[4]]( Some of our readers are old enough to remember the conservative initiative back in the mid-’80s which aimed to organize the purchase of CBS and thus “become Dan Rather’s boss”. The effort caused some eye-popping alarm among liberals before it petered out later in the decade.[[5]]( I have said before that the blogosphere is developing enormous power, but so far it has been a reactive power, and not a proactive one. When we swarm something, we have a real effect, and can collectively sway the course of events.[[6]]( The 910 Group was initiated in the comments on a Gates of Vienna post and is barely two months old. Yet it is growing incredibly rapidly, and is much larger than all of us.We are an international movement, with members in India, the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, Norway, and Canada, as well as the U.S.A. We comprise a self-selected group of people who share common goals: to oppose Islamic Fascism wherever it threatens us, and to promote the emergence of liberty in all the dark corners of the planet where ordinary people are degraded and oppressed.[[7]]( We started in late September 2006 with 28 members in the "910 Group," our citizens' network. In six months, we now have over 1,000 active members in 40 U.S. states and 21 countries, organized through online communities. In March 2007, chapters began to meet locally and organize public education campaigns in several nations and U.S. states.[[8]]( SOIE leaders Anders Gravers and Stephen Gash at a protest in London in August 2008. Picture by Simon Wedege Pedersen. Anders and Ted are here to represent their respective organizations, Stop Islamisering Af Danmark and SverigeDemokraterna . Vigilant Freedom exists to coordinate their communications with others and their actions on behalf of the Counterjihad. The next big action will be the protest in Brussels on September 11th. SIAD and Akte Islam") initiated the effort, and communicated with a British group to help plan it. The word spread through Gates of Vienna and the 910 Group to lots of other internet outlets, and now the plan has grown to include parallel actions in Australia, the United States, and Canada.[[11]]( The SIOE demonstration was subsequently banned by the mayor of Brussels. Filip Dewinter of Vlaams Belang asked members of his party to attend without party insignia. [[13]]( Udo Ulfkotte , reportedly an SIOE representative, contested the ban, saying "Our organization is democratic and peaceful, and has expressly rejected any link with the extreme right and with political parties." [[14]]( SIOE and Ulfkotte were represented at a subsequent hearing by Belgian Senator Hugo Coveliers") , with Bart Debie of Vlaams Belang acting as Ullfkotte's interpreter.[[15]]( Ulfkotte later reportedly attempted to cancel the event because he "was was not happy with the fact th

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Overview
Counter-jihad movement
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American Counter-jihad movement
European Counter-Jihad Movement
Counter-jihad ideology
Comparison with anti-communism
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Counter-jihad (also known as the counter-jihad movement) is a self-titled anti-Muslim political movement loosely consisting of authors, bloggers, think tanks, demonstrators, and other activists across the Western world. Proponents are linked by a far-right view of Islam as an actively destructive ideology rather than a religion, arguing that it constitutes an existential threat to Western civilization. Consequently, counter-jihadists consider all Muslims as a potential threat, especially when they are already living within Western boundaries. Western Muslims accordingly are portrayed as a "fifth column", collectively seeking to destabilize Western nations' identity and values for the benefit of an international Islamic movement intent on the establishment of a caliphate in Western countries. The counter-jihad movement has been variously described as anti-Islamic, Islamophobic, and inciting of hatred against Muslims. Influential figures in the movement include the bloggers Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer in the US, and Geert Wilders and Tommy Robinson in Europe.

While the roots of the movement go back to the post-Iranian Revolution era, it did not gain traction until after the September 11 attacks. As far back as 2006, bloggers such as Fjordman were identified as playing a key role in forwarding the nascent counter-jihad ideology. Bat Ye'or's Eurabia conspiracy theory published in her eponymous book in 2005 also played an important factor in influencing the movement. The first official counter-jihad conferences were held in 2007. The movement received considerable attention in 2011 following the lone wolf attacks by Anders Behring Breivik, a neo-Nazi who disguised himself with a manifesto that exploited and extensively reproduced the writings of prominent counter-jihad bloggers, and following the emergence of prominent street movements such as the English Defence League (EDL) and Pegida. The movement has adherents both in Europe and in North America. The European wing is more focused on the alleged cultural threat to European traditions stemming from immigrant Muslim populations, while the American wing emphasizes an alleged external threat, essentially terrorist in nature.