Jährliche OIC-Konferenz aktionsorientiert

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Members want OIC to be more active



Kashmiri representatives from India and Pakistan take part in the deliberations at the meeting of OIC foreign ministers in Astana, Kazakhstan. From left: Abdul Majid Tramboo, Agha Syed Hassan Mousavi, Nazir Ahmad Shawl, Ghulam Nabi Fai and Ghulam Muhammad Safi. (AN photo)



By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS
Published: Jun 30, 2011 23:19 Updated: Jul 1, 2011 01:26

ASTANA, Kazakhstan: The three-day annual Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation ended with a sense of optimism and new direction among the delegations.



The deliberations in the Kazakh capital were frank and honest and sometimes critical. Minister after minister called for a more action-oriented OIC as opposed to it being an issuer of nonbinding resolutions, and there were subtle hints that the common folk of Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya had been far more effective than the combined might of the OIC member states.


Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said the OIC needed to go beyond rhetoric and redefine, reinvent and transform itself in the context of the realities and challenges facing the Ummah.
“Are we so helpless that others are able to influence and dictate our decision-making? We need to build on our strengths and abundant resources to raise OIC to be the voice it should be for the Muslim world,” Anifah said.
He said the OIC needed to transform itself into a vibrant action-oriented organization by implementing more practical, workable and doable projects and initiatives toward achieving tangible results.


“The recent turn of events in the Muslim region and other parts of the world had also served as a wake-up call for all countries and leaders to be mindful of the current geopolitical changes and on the need to re-evaluate, reassess and reinvent while exercising change.”


Kazakhstan has emerged as a new Muslim nation that has the capacity to lead from the front.


“Its excellent organization of the meeting and its proposals of promoting Islamic banking are worth applauding,” said Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. “They have shown that they can do it and more importantly they are very strategically situated. Theirs is a burgeoning economy, and what we have seen here in Astana is mind-boggling. We all knew about Islam in Central Asia but the organization of the meeting here will reconnect the Muslim Ummah back with this glorious region."


“You have been excellent hosts, generous hosts," Ihsanoglu told Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov. "Your organization was perfect and highly successful. We all enjoyed and appreciated the proposals and sentiments expressed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev. He is the founder of a great nation. You have created miracles in just 20 years and have become a role model for nations around the world and specifically Muslim nations."

http://arabnews.com/world/article464614.ece


We all knew about Islam in Central Asia but the organization of the meeting here will reconnect the Muslim Ummah back with this glorious region."

Im Klartext: der radikale saudi-arabische Islam möchte die moderaten Muslime unter seine Führung bringen.


Der Sitz des OIC ist in Dschidda, SaudiArabien
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organis...chen_Konferenz

Geopolische Veränderungen und Islamic Banking sollen vorangetrieben werden.

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Date: 29/06/2011

Fourth OIC Annual Report on Islamophobia Released



The OIC Observatory on Islamophobia released its Fourth Annual Report covering the period from May 2010 to April 2011 today at the commencement of the 38th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Kazakhstan. The Report has dwelt extensively on the worrying trend of Islamophobia as a clear and present danger to global peace and security.

The Report includes six chapters that have identified contemporary manifestations of Islamophobia warning against the continuation of heavily publicized political campaigns against Muslims in some parts of the West. The Report also signals, as a positive step towards combating the malaise of Islamophobia, the consensus reached through adoption of resolution16/18 at the 16th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva in March this year. In his foreword to the Report, the Secretary General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has welcomed the consensus as “a new approach” that must be construed as “a triumph of multilateralism”.

The report highlights the concern with regard to the political campaigns based on ideologies of some European right-winged parties promoting animosity against Islam gradually moving to the United States. It asserts that discrimination against Muslims could not be considered individual and spontaneous acts any more but increasingly appears to be a calculated phenomenon of hostility. Reflected in the events like desecration of its sacred symbols, prejudice towards attire perceived as Islamic and particularly the burning of the Holy Qur’an, the report contends that Islamophobia has acquired a new expansive element that should figure in strategic calculations of the international community in the interest of interfaith harmony essential to global peace security and stability.

The Report ends with a set of recommendations, outlining a strategy to combat Islamophobia and growing intolerance and prejudice against Muslims through concerted international action, which merits particular attention. An annex to the report that catalogues selected incidents of Islamophobia monitored by the Observatory during the reporting period, is noteworthy.

4th OIC observatory report on Islamophobia (May 2010 to April 2011)

http://www.oic-oci.org/topic_detail.asp?t_id=5455

Islamophobie ist eine klare globale Gefahr für den Frieden und die Sicherheit.

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Press Release

Date: 30/06/2011 - View in: Arabic | French - Print

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in a statement issued in Astana today during the holding of the 38th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, strongly condemned the continued attacks on Islam and insult and vilification of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his wives by the extremist Dutch right wing politician Geert Wilders. The 0IC Secretary General said that Mr. Wilders has taken upon himself a dangerous path of derailing inter civilizational harmony and peace by spreading and fanning hatred against Islam and Muslims in his own country as well as in other European countries.

Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said that the vilification of Islam and the sacred image of the Prophet Muhammad by Wilders has reached a stage when it can no longer be tolerated under any pretext including the right to freedom of expression. He urged the Government or Netherlands to take necessary appropriate action to contain the campaign of hatred and incitement by Wilders who is a coalition partner of the Dutch Government. He expressed serious concern that the silence of the Dutch Government in this respect may undermine the existing good bilateral relations between the 0IC Member States and the Netherlands.

http://www.oic-oci.org/topic_detail.asp?t_id=5461

OIC ist ernsthaft besorgt, die guten bilateralen Verhältnisse zwischen den OIC-Mitgliedstaaten und den Niederlanden könnten durch Wilders gefährdet werden.

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OIC
Islamophobia Observatory
...

# 4th OIC observatory report on Islamophobia (May 2010 to April 2011) NEW
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http://www.oic-oci.org/page_detail.asp?p_id=182

Inhaltsverzeichnis der PDF-Datei
4. OIC-Konferenz gegen Islamophobie

TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD by the OIC Secretary General 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
INTRODUCTION 5
1: ISLAMOPHOBIA, INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS 8
2: MANIFESTATIONS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA 11
2.1. Islamophobia in USA 11
a) The Qur’an Burning 11
b) Opposition to Ground Zero Cultural Center and Other Mosques 13
c) The Tea Party Movement Role in Fanning Islamophobia 16
d) The Vote against Sharia Law 16
e) The Congressional Hearing on “Radicalization of the American
Muslim community” 17
2.2. Islamophobia in Europe 19
a) The ‘Tyranny of Silence’ 19
b) The Debate against Multiculturalism 20
c) Anti-Muslim Sentiments in Parts of Europe 21
d) Anti-Mosque Game 23
2.3. Media Islamophobic Discourse and Campaigns 23
2.4. Discrimination of Muslims in Employment 25
3: SOME POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS 27
4: THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS ISLAMOPHOBIA 28
4.1. Istanbul Brainstorming 29
4.2. 15th Session of the UN Human Rights Council 30
4.3. 65th Session of UNGA 30
4.4. 16th Session of the UN Human Rights Council 31
5. ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE OIC 33
6: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 36
ANNEXES . . . . . . . . . 39
A: SOME ISLAMOPHOBIC INCIDENTS 39
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ii
1. Incidents Related to Mosques 39
2. Desecration of Muslim Graves 45
3. Political and Social Campaigns against Islam and Muslims 45
4. Intolerance against Islam and its Sacred Symbols 49
5. Discrimination against Muslim Individuals in Educational Institutions,
Workplaces, Airports, etc 52
6. Incidents Related to Hijab (Veil) 58
B: LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION OPPOSING ISLAMOPHOBIA 63
C: OVERVIEW ROUNDTABLE ON “ADDRESSING ISLAMOPHOBIA:
BUILDING ON UNUSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUTUAL RESPECT AND INCLUSION” 65
D: DECLARATION BY THE ANNUAL COORDINATION MEETING OF MINISTERS
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF OIC MEMBER STATES ON COUNTERING ISLAMOPHOBIA

[No Islam!]

Dann warten wir es mal ab, was da in nächster Zeit rüberkommt. Es ist klar, dass der OIC versucht, mehr strategisch vorzugehen und die Ummah zu einen. Die haben schliesslich ein Ziel - aber in Wirklichkeit sind die sich uneins. Wir sollten uns in dem Report mal einige Punkte anschauen, das könnte interessant sein.

2.2. Islamophobia in Europe 19
a) The ‘Tyranny of Silence’ 19
b) The Debate against Multiculturalism 20
c) Anti-Muslim Sentiments in Parts of Europe 21
d) Anti-Mosque Game 23

Und natürlich hier: 6: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 36

Schlussfolgerungen und Vorschläge

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Habe den Text formatiert. Im Original sind auch noch Tabellen, die sich hier nicht reinkopieren ließen.

S. 23-32

2.2. Islamophobia in Europe


A study on intolerance and prejudice in Europe titled “Intolerance, Prejudice and
Discrimination” was published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, in Germany. The section
related to Muslims carried by the Blog Islam in Europe56 , inter alia, reported that “In most of
the countries a majority believe Islam to be a religion of intolerance, with agreement just
below 50% only in Great Britain and the Netherlands...The scale created from the first three
statements clearly illustrates the extent of anti-Muslim attitudes in the studied countries. It is
conspicuous that Europeans are largely united in their rejection of Muslims and Islam. The
significantly most widespread anti-Muslim attitudes are found in Germany, Hungary, Italy and
Poland, closely followed by France, Great Britain and the Netherlands. The extent of anti-
Muslim attitudes is least in Portugal. In absolute terms, however, the eight countries differ
little in their levels of prejudice towards Muslims.”


Following were some major manifestations of Islamophobia in Europe:

a) The ‘Tyranny of Silence’:

The editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, Fleming Rose, whose 2005 publication of
cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad sparked the well known crisis, released 57 a book on 30
September 2010 that reprinted the cartoons and warned of a “Tyranny of Silence”. Rose said he
See New York Daily News’ entry “Rep. Keith Ellison passionately defends Muslims, lashes out at Rep. Pete King in

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55
terror hearings”, in: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...03/10/2011-03-
10_rep_pete_king_muslim_radicalization_hearings_un derway_amid_amid_controversy.html, retrieved on 12
March 2011
56 See Islam in Europe Blog’s entry “EU: Half of Europeans say Islam is a religion of intolerance”, in:
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/20...-islam-is.html retrieved on 15 March 2011
57 See The Telegraph’s entry “Danish editor reprints Prophet Mohammad cartoons”, in:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...rints-Prophet-
Mohammad-cartoons.html retrieved on 01 October 2010

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did not regret initiating publication of the cartoons in 2005 to begin a debate on freedom of
expression in Denmark, where 30% of its people see58 Islam as a threat to country.

The OIC Secretary General condemned the publication of the book and expressed his dismay and
disappointment at the release of the book despite the fact that he and some other leaders of the
Muslim countries had personally addressed letters to the Foreign Minister of Denmark urging
the intervention of the Danish government against the publication due to the highly provocative
and inciting contents of the book.

In response, Denmark's Foreign Minister on 29 September 2010 met with ambassadors from 17
Muslim countries in a move to avoid tensions prior to the publication of the aforementioned
book. Nonetheless, it stopped short of changing the stance rooted in the freedom of expression,
as she said59: “My key message is that we have freedom of speech in Denmark. Accordingly,
anybody has the right to write and print books as long as the content is within the framework of
the law. At the same time, I would like to make it very clear that Denmark wants to maintain and
strengthen our good and friendly relations to the Muslim world.”


b) The Debate against Multiculturalism:

When the German President, Christian Wulff, issued a statement60 on October 3rd, 2010 during a
speech celebrating two decades of the country’s reunification urging his people to recognize
Islam and its followers as having a legitimate place in Germany, he did not imagine that he was
opening a ‘Pandora box’ that would inflate anti-Muslim sentiment in his country. It ultimately led
to Chancellor Merkel telling61 an October 2010 gathering of her center-right Christian
Democratic Union (CDU) party: “We are a country which at the beginning of the 1960s actually
brought [Muslim] guest workers to Germany. Now they live with us and we lied to ourselves for
a while, saying that they will not stay and that they will have disappeared again one day. That is
not the reality. This multicultural approach -- saying that we simply live side by side and are
happy about each other -- this approach has failed, failed utterly.”

This exchange of views between the highest German authorities opened the debate on
multiculturalism and its failure in Europe. The German case linked to immigration of Muslims in
Europe demonstrates how unwelcome they continue to be despite five decades of interface.
Sharing Mrs. Merkel’s view about the death of multiculturalism was Horst Seehofer, Bavarian
state premier of the Christian Social Union, who said Germany did not need any more Turkish
or Arabic immigrants because they did not integrate as well as others62.

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58 According to a survey on the attitude of the Danes to Islamophobia conducted by the Centre for Studies in
Islamism and Radicalisation (CIR), Department of Political Science, Aarhus University in Denmark, and quoted by
Islam in Europe Blog in its entry “Denmark: 30% see Islam as a threat to Denmark”, in:
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/20...threat-to.html retrieved on 05 January
2011
59 See CNSNews’ entry “Denmark seeks to avoid renewed cartoon uproar”, in:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/75966 retrieved on 30 September 2010
60 See Aljazeera English’s entry “German President: Muslims belong here”, in:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/eu...868870102.html retrieved on 04 October 2010
61 See The Hudson New York’s Entry “The Beginning of the End of European Multiculturalism”, in:
http://www.hudson-ny.org/1612/europe...ulturalism-end retrieved on 24 October 2010, emphasis added.
62 For more details, see Islam in Europe Blog’s entry “Bavaria (Germany): Governor opposes additional Muslim
immigration” in: http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/20...dditional.html
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This led to other important European leaders speaking against multiculturalism. The British
Prime Minister, David Cameron on 05 February 2011 - the day the English Defense League was
staging a huge protest against Islam in United Kingdom - pronounced his country’s long-
standing policy of multiculturalism a failure, calling for better integration of young Muslims to
combat home-grown extremism.

Joining the debate, French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a televised interview63 (10 February
2011) when asked “Is multiculturalism a failure in France?”, replied: “My answer is clearly yes,
it is a failure.” He added: “We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who
was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him.”

Jose Maria Aznar, the Ex-Prime Minister of Spain also declared64 multiculturalism a failure in
Spain, contending it divided and debilitated Western societies. Another European leader to
criticize multiculturalism was the Dutch Christian Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister
Maxime Verhagen, who on 14 February 2011 asserted65 that the multicultural society had failed.

It needs to be appreciated that the issue is more social than religious. As Pierre Deschamps, an
American columnist pointed out: “...If young Muslims in England [or in other European
countries] are turning to violence, it is not Islam’s fault, but because they feel increasingly
hemmed in. There is no chance for them to move up in the world...Instead of taking the easy
route and announcing the failure of multicultural policies, Europe’s leaders need to find a
repairman for their broken social ladder.”66


c) Anti-Muslim Sentiments in Parts of Europe:

The ‘racialization’ of Muslim minority aggravated to form a source of concern – in particular
pockets of Europe - during the review period. According to a poll conducted by French pollster
IFOP in December 2010 and published 04 January by French newspaper Le Monde67, 4 in 10
French and German people saw Muslims living in their country as a “threat”. 42% of French
people and 40% of Germans said they considered the presence of a Muslim community in their
country “a threat” to their national identity. The poll also found that 68% in France and 75% in
Germany considered Muslims “not well integrated in society”. Out of these, 61% of French and
67% of Germans blamed this perceived failure on “refusal” by Muslims to integrate.

The debate over the presence of Muslims in Germany was actually initiated by Thilo Sarrazin, a
long-time member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). In August 2010, he published
a controversial book, titled Germany Abolishes Itself, arguing that “Germany’s Muslim population
See Expatica’s entry “French President: Multiculturalism has failed”, in:

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63
http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/loca...nt_129221.html
retrieved on 15 February 2011
64 Cf. “Multiculturalism ‘a big failure’ : Spain's ex-prime minister Aznar”, in: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-
news/1726950/posts accessed on 20 February 2011
65 See Dutch News’ entry “Multiculturalism has failed: Verhagen”, in:
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archive..._failed_ve.php retrieved on 16
February 2011
66 See Student Life (Washington University’s newspaper)’s entry “Is Multiculturalism a Problem?”, in:
http://www.studlife.com/forum/staff-...ism-a-problem/ retrieved on 26
February 2011, emphasis added.
67 Quoted by Expatica, in: http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/loca...at-by-4-in-10-
french-germans_121091.html retrieved on 05 January 2011



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is intellectually inferior and unable or unwilling to learn the language or culture, and mass
immigration is destroying the nation.”68

As expected, the debate raised the interest of the whole German society inducing a rethinking
about the presence of Muslims in their midst. On 30 September 2010, the Allensbach Institute
released for the Financial Times Deutschland a poll69 showing that a majority of Germans
believed the country’s roughly four million Muslims were an economic burden, while 55% of
Germans thought Muslims “cost considerably more socially and financially than they produce
economically”.

As part of the far-right gaining ground, a new political party, Die Freiheit (The Freedom),
opposing political Islam was created70 led by Rene Stadtkewitz, who was dropped by his former
party for hosting controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders. The party platform expressed
particular concern over Islam, which, it said, “is not just a religion but also a political ideology
with its own legal system.” Party founders also declared: “We oppose with all our force the
Islamization of our country”. In a recent interview with the Emirati newspaper The National71,
Rene Stadtkewitz said he wanted to stop the immigration of Muslims and described Islam as a
“totalitarian system” bent on supplanting western liberal values, adding that Muslims were not
integrating into German society as well as other immigrants and that authorities should become
stricter banning headscarves in school, stopping public funding for teaching the Qur’an to young
children and curbing the influence of Islamic organizations.

In this regard, Alexander Häusler, a social scientist and neo-Nazism expert at Düsseldorf’s
University of Applied Sciences noted72: “The anti-immigration utterings of Sarrazin, backed up
by the comments by Merkel and Seehofer, are like a gift to the far right. They have had a door
opened to them that has previously been closed, because it is now socially acceptable to say
things that before nobody dared to voice.”

The French Senate’s passage, in September 2010, of the ban on veil 73 – mainly premised on the
perception of attribution Muslims - confirmed penetration of anti-Muslim sentiments. In
France’s constitutional watchdog on 07 October 2010 endorsed74 this divisive law forbidding
face-covering Islamic veils anywhere in public, which drew criticism, particularly from Human
Rights circles, within and outside France. For instance, Pope Benedict XVI in his statement
remarked: “As far as the burqa is concerned, I do not see a reason for a general ban. Some

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Cf. http://www.rense.com/general92/mtu.htm accessed on 26 February 2011
68
See Islam in Europe Blog’s entry “Germany: Muslims ‘an economic burden’”, in:
69
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/20...ic-burden.html retrieved on 02 October
2010
70 See Israel National News’ entry “New German Party Opposes Political Islam”, in:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/140634 retrieved on 15 November 2010
71 See The National’s entry “New German anti-Muslim party calls Islam ‘totalitarian’”, in:
http://www.thenational.ae/news/world...m-totalitarian
retrieved on 08 August 2011
72 See The Guardian’s entry “German far right emerges from shadows to join Cologne campaign against mosque”, in:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...rman-far-right retrieved on 31 October
2010
73 Cf. “French Senate passes ban on Burqa”, in: http://4press.biz/french-senate-pass...on-burqa/1462/
retrieved on 15 September 2010
74 Cf. “France’s constitutional watchdog endorses veil ban” In:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...N0B100?docId=D
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women do not wear the burqa entirely voluntarily and it is correct to talk of a violation against
that woman. Of course one cannot agree with that. But if they want to wear it voluntarily, I
don’t know why one must ban them.”75

The contention on the part of some political analysts that the political position of Mr. Sarkozy
defending anti-Muslim laws - such as the aforementioned burqa ban or by asking76 what limits
should be placed on Islam and its compatibility with the France’s secular laws - has to do with
his fears of losing 2012 presidential elections strengthens OIC’s warnings against the use of
Islamophobia as an instrument of electoral politics generating an unhealthy competition
pregnant with grave consequences in the regional as well as the global context.77

Dutch politician Geert Wilders announced78 on April 01, 2011 that he would present a sequel
to his short film Fitna in 2012. Fitna 2 would be specifically about the Prophet, and was earlier
announced for 2010, but postponed due to the early elections. The article entitled
“Mainstreaming Hate”79 by Ferry Biederman published in the Foreign Policy Magazine in October
2010 gave a lucid description of the hate mongering agenda of Geert Wilders arguing that he was
“slowly but surely making Islamophobia an accepted element of political rhetoric in the
Netherlands” and had got his eyes on the United Sates next.


d) Anti-Mosque Game:

The Austrian Freedom Party’s website included80 a link to an online video game called “Bye Bye
Mosque”, which gave players one minute to place targets in the image of cartoon muezzins
calling for prayer over mosque minarets, and then click a “Stop” sign. The link to the
controversial game was being used to encourage voters to elect Gerhard Kurzmann, the party’s
candidate in the region of Styria, in local elections scheduled in September 2010. “Game Over.
Styria is now full of minarets and mosques!” the game said at the end of a session, before inviting
players to vote for Kurzmann. However, there were no mosques with minarets in Styria. It was
later reported81 that the Austrian Government had banned the online video game.


2.3. Media Islamophobic Discourse and Campaigns

A section of the western media continued to fan Islamophobic attitudes in the West emphasized
the need and importance of media literacy towards combating intolerance and discrimination
against Islam and Muslims. Appearing on The View on 14 October 2011, Fox News host Bill
O’Reilly declared, “Muslims killed us on 9/11.” Then on Fox & Friends on the following day, co-

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See The Sunday Morning Herald’s entry “Pope criticises French burqa ban”, in:
75
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...121-18284.html
retrieved on 21 November 2010
76 Cf. “Sarkozy wants law to rein in Islam”, in: http://www.connexionfrance.com/Sarko...ticulturalism-
secular-republic-preachers-Le-Pen-LePen-UMP-dabate-12514-view-article.html retrieved on 19 February 2011
77 Cf. “Sarkozy wants law to rein in Islam”, op. cit.
78 See NIS News Bulletin’s entry “Wilders to Present Fitna Sequel in 2012”, in:
http://www.nisnews.nl/public/020411_1.htm retrieved on 03 April 2011
79 Available online in: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...streaming_hate, accessed on 05
October 2010
80 See YNetNews’ entry “Anti-mosque game sparks row in Austria”, in:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...949033,00.html retrieved on 03 September 2010
81 Cf: “Islamophobic” Flash Game Banned by Austrian Government, in: http://beefjack.com/news/islamophobic-
flash-game-banned-by-austrian-government/ accessed on 10 September 2010


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host Brian Kilmeade said, “Not all Muslims are terrorists, all terrorists are Muslim.” 82 Similarly,
a group vowing to fight “Islamofascism” launched a media blitz in Oklahoma supporting a state
constitutional amendment that would prohibit the courts from considering Islamic or other
international law when ruling on cases in Sooner State courtrooms. The campaign Act! For
America, founded by Lebanese American journalist Brigitte Gabriel, included a radio ad that
began airing 18 October 2010, opinion articles and robo-calls from former CIA director and
Tulsa native James Woolsey urging residents to vote for the ballot initiative. The group said the
constitutional amendment would prevent the takeover of Oklahoma by Islamic extremists who
wanted to undo America from the inside out.83 Another American talk show host, Glenn Beck,
said he thought ten percent of all Muslims were terrorists. As ThinkProgress pointed out,
Beck’s estimate would mean that roughly 157 million Muslims in the world were terrorists.84

During the launch of Sun News Network 85 on Monday 18 April, 2011, host Ezra Levant showed
the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (that had sparked anger from Muslims worldwide
after they were published in a Danish newspaper in 2005) in the TV station’s first hour as part
of a segment about freedom of speech on the premiere of his show, The Source. Levant, who
published the cartoons in his now defunct magazine The Western Standard in 2006 expressed
the view that other media should not have declined to publish the cartoons. Levant said on the
show: “For that sin of showing people the news, we were prosecuted...Free speech is always
under attack...I’m 100 per cent convinced this show will be attacked by the government
too.”The response online was fast. Sun TV and Levant himself became trending topics on
Twitter, with some questioning why Levant chose to air the controversial cartoons. Chris
Waddell, director of the school of journalism at Carleton University stated “It’s hard to
understand why it’s important,” adding that there was no reason to air the cartoons on
television except to appeal to sensationalism because: “What can you say? It’s like recycling a
very old story.”

Kerry Moore, Paul Mason and Justin Lewis, researchers at Cardiff University in UK, presented an
‘Overview’ in Images of Islam in the UK: The
Representation of British Muslims the National Print News Media 2000-200886 , where it was
showed how the British media was biased
towards Islam and its followers. For instance,
and shown below charts, they found out that
“terrorism”, “terrorist”, and “extremist” were the
most common nouns used in conjunction with
British Muslims. Furthermore, “radical”, “fanatic”, and “fundamentalist” were most common
adjectives in conjunction with British Muslims, with very few positive nouns (such as ‘scholar’).


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Cf: Fox’s entry “Hosts: All Terrorists Are Muslims Who, Typically, “Killed Us On 9/11”, in:
82
http://gothamist.com/2010/10/15/fox_...are_muslim.php retrieved on 16.10.2010
83 See: Fox News’s entry “Group Launches Media Blitz in Oklahoma for Anti-Shariah Ballot Initiative”, in:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...oklahoma-anti-
shariah-ballot-initiative/ retrieved on 23 October 2010
84 See: Huffiingtonpost’s entry “Glenn Beck Says Ten Percent of Muslims Are Terrorists”, in:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/1..._n_792726.html
retrieved on 07 December 2010
85 See Calgary Herald’s entry “Ezra Levant brings back Muhammad cartoons during Sun TV launch”, in:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Ezra+Le...h/4650698/stor
y.html retrieved on 21 April 2011
86 Available online in: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/resou...dispatches.pdf retrieved on 22
February 2011



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Figure 1: Most common nouns used in conjunction with British Muslims (n=796)

The study revealed that, “the language used about British Muslims reflects the negative or
problematic contexts in which they tend to appear. Four of the five most common discourses
used about Muslims in the British press associate Islam/Muslims with threats, problems or in
opposition to dominant British values. So, for example, the idea that Islam is dangerous,
backward or irrational is present in 26% of stories. By contrast, only 2% of stories contained the
proposition that Muslims supported dominant moral values.”87

In Sweden, “...after the September 11 attacks many Muslims held that media coverage had
become worse and more biased towards Muslims. For example, in a study by Håkan Hvitfelt on
Islam and Muslims in the Swedish television news, only 14% of coverage on Muslims did not
involve violence.”88 It may also be mentioned that “In Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium,
France, and Switzerland the anti-Islamic mood is not only to be felt in newspaper feature
supplements, blogs and talk shows; it also influences party politics, election results, and special
legislation on Islam.”89


2.4. Discrimination of Muslims in Employment

Discrimination against Muslims in employment and workplace has always been a major obstacle
in the integration of Muslims - particularly in the West -and must not be discounted as an
oprationalized and pervasive form of Islamophobia.

The New York Times reported90 that Muslim workers had filled with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) a record of 803 religious discrimination claims in the year that
ended in 30 September 2009, which “...was up 20% from the previous year and up nearly 60
percent from 2005, according to federal data...Islamic groups say they have received a surge in
complaints recently, suggesting that 2010’s figure will set another record. Although Muslims
make up less than 2 percent of the United States population, they accounted for about one-
quarter of the 3,386 religious discrimination claims filed with the E.E.O.C. in [2009].”

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Cf. Kerry Moore, Paul Mason and Justin Lewis, op.cit, p.3
87
See: Islam in Sweden, available in http://www.euro-islam.info/country-profiles/sweden/ accessed on 28
88
February 2011
89 Cf. Stefan Weidner, “Why the German Media are Courting the Anti-Islam Movement”, Qantara.de, in:
http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_art...nr-1399/i.html retrieved on 28 February 2011
90 Cf. Steven Greenhouse, “Muslims Report Rising Discrimination at Work”, in:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/bu...slim.html?_r=1 retrieved on 25 September 2010





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Some of lawsuits91 brought on behalf of Muslim workers to EEOC were as follows:
In August 2010, the EEOC sued JBS Swift, a meatpacking


company, on behalf of 160 Somali immigrants, saying
supervisors and workers had cursed them for being Muslim;
thrown blood, meat and bones at them; and interrupted their
prayer breaks.
On 1st September 2010, the EEOC filed a case against


Abercrombie & Fitch, the fashionable clothing retailer, accusing
it of discrimination for refusing to hire an 18-year-old Muslim
because she was wearing a head scarf.
And in June 2010, the agency sued a Four Points by Sheraton


hotel in Phoenix, asserting that its management had illegally
permitted a hostile work environment in which workers called
an Iraqi immigrant a “camel jockey,” mocked him with Arab
ululations and taunted him over news items about captured
terrorists. (The hotel’s manager said many of the claims were
untrue.)
Mohammad Kaleemuddin, a Pakistani immigrant who drove trucks for the American


war effort in Iraq for three years, said that while he was working for a construction
company in Houston, his supervisor and several co-workers called him “Osama,” “al
Qaeda,” “Taliban,” and “terrorist.” After he filed a complaint, the E.E.O.C. sued the
company he worked for, Pace Services. The company agreed in April 2010 to pay him
$61,250 to settle the case.
Imane Boudlal, a 26-year-old from Casablanca, Morocco, who had worked for two years


as a hostess at the Storytellers Cafe at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, during
Ramadan in August 2010 was told by her supervisors that if she insisted on wearing the
scarf, she could work either in back or at a telephone job. She filed a complaint with the
EEOC.


Meanwhile, France’s statistics office, Insee, showed92 in a 12 November 2010 study that the
employment rate of French men of North African descent, of whom at least one of the parents
was of immigrant origin, was 21% points lower than the average national rate of 86%. For
North African women, the rate was 18% points lower.

In Sweden, the Equality Ombudsman (DO) filed93 a lawsuit against parcel delivery company
United Parcel Service (UPS) after the company dismissed a Muslim driver who refused to shave
his beard. In the suit filed with Sweden’s Labour Court (Arbetsdomstolen) on 14 February 2011,
the ombudsman argued that the company should pay the man, a resident of Spånga northest of
Stockholm, 150,000 kronor ($23,000) in compensation plus 42,000 kronor in lost income, as
well as interest on both amounts.

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Quoted by Steven Greenhouse, op. cit.
91
Idem.
92
93 See The Local’s entry “Sweden: UPS sued for demanding Muslim shave beard”, in:
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In the United Kingdom, a Muslim airport worker accused94 airline Cathay Pacific of racism
after he was refused a job interview – only to be offered one when he applied two days later
using a fake white British-sounding name. Algerian-born Salim Zakhrouf applied to Cathay
Pacific for a job as a passenger services officer at Heathrow Airport. Mr Zakhrouf, 38, who had
lived in Britain since 1991 as a UK citizen, was told by email that he had not been selected for
interview. But applying 48 hours later as ‘Ian Woodhouse’ with an identical CV and home
address, he was invited for an interview by the same personnel officer who had first refused
him.


3: SOME POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS

On 23 June 2010 the Parliament Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted95 the
Resolution 174396 titled “Islam, Islamism and Islamophobia in Europe”, inter alia, opposing the
ban on the veil in France. The parliamentarians at the Council of Europe Commission said that a
general ban would deny women “who freely want it” to cover their faces. They noted the French
measures could “violate the right to freedom of religion which is enshrined by the European
Convention on human rights”. In addition, the Assembly recalled that Muslims in Europe often
encountered stigma and discrimination for their customs and beliefs, and they were prey to
religious radicalism. European governments were encouraged by the Council to find a balance,
protecting the right to free worship, as long as it was compatible with common European values,
yet also permitting criticism of Islam, provided it did not spill over into hate-speech. The
Assembly, approving a report on Islam, Islamism and Islamophobia prepared by Mogens Jensen
(Denmark, SOC), also called on Switzerland to repeal as soon as possible its general ban on the
construction of minarets, which it described as discriminatory. In this regard, it said: “The
construction of minarets should be possible, under the same status as is given to church towers,
in accordance with public safety and town planning regulations.”97

Another development worth mentioning is related to the leaders of four German-speaking
countries that on 1st November 2010 proclaimed Muslim immigrants as being welcome in their
nations, as long as they would learn to speak the language and adapt to local customs. German
President Christian Wulff, Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Swiss President Doris Leuthard and
Prince Alois of Liechtenstein made the comments at the end of an informal annual meeting in
Germany's Baltic port of Luebeck.98

Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, an All Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia was
launched in the House of Commons. At its inaugural Annual General Meeting, members elected
Keighley and Ilkley Conservative MP Kris Hopkins to serve as its Chair with Liberal Democrat
Deputy Leader Simon Hughes and Labour peer Lord Janner of Braunstone as Vice-Chairs. The

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94 See Daily Mail’s entry “Muslim ‘refused job because of his name’ accuses airline bosses of racism”, in:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...es-racism.html
retrieved on 22 February 2011
95 See PACE’s Press Release tittled “PACE unanimously opposed to a general ban on wearing of the burqa”, in:
http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/NewsMana...ew.asp?ID=5731 retrieved on 28.06.2010
96 Available online at: http://assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?li...0/ERES1743.htm
97 See Swiss Info’s entry “Council of Europe urges end to minaret ban”, in:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_dig...ml?cid=9154764
retrieved on 25 June 2010
98 See Earth Times’ entry “Leaders of German-speaking countries say Muslims welcome”, in:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/n...s-welcome.html retrieved
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Group initially attracted the interest of more than 20 MPs and peers from across both Houses
of Parliament. ENGAGE, a Muslim NGO, would serve as the secretariat to the Group.99

In an important gesture against Islamophobia, US pastor Terry Jones was banned from entering
Britain by the Home Office. Mr. Jones had been invited by the English Defence League to attend a
5 February 2011 rally in Luton, Bedfordshire against the presence of Islam in Britain, but that
invitation was withdrawn. A UK Home Office spokesman said: “The Government opposes
extremism in all its forms which is why we have excluded Pastor Terry Jones from the UK.”100
Furthermore, an Austrian Islam-criticizing lecturer had been fined for vilification of religious
theories. Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff was in court on 15 February 2011 for calling Islam “hostile”
and the Koran “evil” in a seminar held in a Viennese hotel in 2009. Sabaditsch-Wolff was ordered
to pay a fine of 480 Euros over her statements as judges considered her claims as a vilification of
religious theories.101

In the United Sates, a federal agency rejected a request for a trademark by the organization “Stop
Islamization of America” (SIOA) trademark because it “Implies Islam is Associated with
Terrorism”, and because its name might “disparage” Muslims. The group launched by Atlas
Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch had drawn US national
attention for its bus-sign campaign offering support for Muslims who want to leave Islam. SIOA
organized opposition to plans for an Islamic mosque at Ground Zero in New York City.102
In Los Angeles, the City Council in December 2010 passed a resolution supporting
“any legislation that would oppose Islamophobia and random acts of violence against
Muslims.”103

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2.2. Islamophobie in Europa


Eine Studie über Intoleranz und Vorurteile in Europa unter dem Titel "Intoleranz, Vorurteile und
Diskriminierung "wurde von der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, in Deutschland veröffentlicht. der Abschnitt
im Zusammenhang mit Muslimen durchgeführt von der Blog Islam in Europe56 unter anderem berichtet, dass "In den meisten
den Ländern eine Mehrheit glaubt Islam eine Religion der Intoleranz werden, mit Zustimmung nur
unter 50% nur in Großbritannien und den Niederlanden ... Die Skala aus den ersten drei erstellten
Aussagen verdeutlicht das Ausmaß der anti-muslimischen Einstellungen in den untersuchten Ländern. es ist
auffällig, dass die Europäer weitgehend in ihrer Ablehnung von Muslimen und Islam vereint. die
deutlich am weitesten verbreiteten anti-muslimischen Einstellungen sind in Deutschland, Ungarn, Italien und gefunden
Polen, dicht gefolgt von Frankreich, Großbritannien und den Niederlanden. Das Ausmaß der anti-
Muslimische Einstellung ist zumindest in Portugal. In absoluten Zahlen jedoch unterscheiden sich die acht Ländern
wenig in ihren Ebenen von Vorurteilen gegenüber Muslimen. "


Es folgten einige wichtige Erscheinungsformen der Islamophobie in Europa:

a) Die "Tyrannei der Stille":

Der Herausgeber der dänischen Zeitung Jyllands-Posten, Rose Fleming, dessen 2005 Veröffentlichung des
Karikaturen des Propheten Mohammed löste die bekannten Krise, veröffentlicht 57 a book auf 30
September 2010, dass die Karikaturen nachgedruckt und warnte vor einer "Tyrannei der Stille". Rose sagte, er
Siehe New York Daily News "Eintrag" Rep. Keith Ellison leidenschaftlich verteidigt Muslime, Wimpern bei Rep. Pete King in
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haben es nicht bereut Einleitung Veröffentlichung der Karikaturen im Jahr 2005 zu einer Debatte über die Freiheit der Beginn
Ausdruck in Dänemark, wo 30% der Menschen see58 Islam als eine Bedrohung für Land.

Der OIC-Generalsekretär verurteilte die Veröffentlichung des Buches und drückte seine Bestürzung und
Enttäuschung über die Veröffentlichung des Buches trotz der Tatsache, dass er und einige andere Führer der
Muslimischen Ländern hatte persönlich Briefe an die Außenminister von Dänemark drängen angesprochen
das Eingreifen der dänischen Regierung gegen die Veröffentlichung aufgrund der stark provokativen
und Anstiftung Inhalt des Buches.

In Reaktion darauf trafen Dänemarks Außenminister am 29 September 2010 mit Botschaftern aus 17
Muslimischen Ländern in einen Zug zu Spannungen vor zu vermeiden, die Veröffentlichung der vorgenannten
Buch. Dennoch hielt es kurz zu einer Änderung der Haltung in der Freiheit der Meinungsäußerung verankert,
als sie said59: "Meine wichtigste Botschaft ist, dass wir die Meinungsfreiheit in Dänemark haben. Dementsprechend
jeder hat das Recht, schreiben und drucken Bücher, solange der Inhalt ist im Rahmen der
das Gesetz. Zur gleichen Zeit, würde Ich mag, um es ganz klar, dass Dänemark will zu erhalten und zu
stärken unsere gute und freundschaftliche Beziehungen zur muslimischen Welt. "


b) Die Debatte gegen Multikulturalismus:

Als der deutsche Bundespräsident, Christian Wulff, gab eine statement60 am 3. Oktober 2010 während einer
Rede feiert zwei Jahrzehnte Wiedervereinigung des Landes drängen seines Volkes zu erkennen,
Islam und seine Anhänger ein berechtigtes Ort in Deutschland, hat er sich nicht vorstellen, dass er
Eröffnung eines "Büchse der Pandora geöffnet", die anti-muslimische Stimmung in seinem Land würden aufzublasen. Es führte schließlich
Bundeskanzlerin Merkel telling61 ein Oktober 2010 Versammlung von ihr Mitte-Rechts-Christian
Demokratische Union (CDU) Partei: "Wir sind ein Land, das zu Beginn der 1960er Jahre tatsächlich
brachte [Muslim] Gastarbeiter nach Deutschland. Jetzt leben sie mit uns und wir belogen, um uns für
eine Weile und sagte, dass sie nicht bleiben und dass sie wieder verschwunden sind einen Tag. Das heißt
nicht der Realität. Dieses multikulturelle Ansatz -, dass wir einfach leben nebeneinander und sind
freut sich über jedes andere - dieser Ansatz ist gescheitert, nicht ganz. "

Dieser Meinungsaustausch zwischen der höchsten deutschen Behörden eröffnete die Debatte über
Multikulturalismus und sein Scheitern in Europa. Der deutsche Fall die Einwanderung von Muslimen in Verbindung
Europa zeigt, wie unwillkommen sie trotz fünf Jahrzehnten Schnittstelle weiter.
Gemeinsame Nutzung Frau Merkel die Ansicht über den Tod des Multikulturalismus war Horst Seehofer, Bayerischer
Ministerpräsident der Christlich-Sozialen Union, der sagte, Deutschland habe nicht noch mehr türkische
oder Arabisch Einwanderer, weil sie nicht so gut wie others62 integrieren.
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Dies führte zu anderen wichtigen europäischen Staats-und Regierungschefs sprechen gegen den Multikulturalismus geführt. Die britische
Premierminister, David Cameron am 5. Februar 2011 - der Tag der englischen Defense League war
Inszenierung eine große Protest gegen den Islam in Deutschland - ausgesprochen seines Landes lang-
Stehen Politik des Multikulturalismus ein Fehler und forderte eine bessere Integration junger Muslime zu
Bekämpfung home-grown Extremismus.

Der Beitritt zur Debatte, Französisch Präsident Nicolas Sarkozy in einer Fernsehansprache interview63 (10. Februar
2011) auf die Frage, "Ist Multikulturalismus ein Versagen in France", antwortete: "Meine Antwort ist eindeutig ja,
. es ist ein Versagen "Er fügte hinzu:" Wir haben auch über die Identität der Person, die betroffenen
war angekommen und nicht genug über die Identität des Landes, das ihn zu empfangen war. "

Jose Maria Aznar, der Ex-Ministerpräsident von Spanien auch declared64 Multikulturalismus ein Fehler in
Spanien, streitenden es geteilt und westlichen Gesellschaften geschwächt. Ein weiterer europäischer Marktführer für
kritisieren Multikulturalismus war der niederländische Christdemokrat Leiter und stellvertretender Ministerpräsident
Maxime Verhagen, der am 14. Februar 2011 asserted65, dass die multikulturelle Gesellschaft gescheitert war.

Es muss erkannt werden, dass die Frage sozialer als religiöser ist. Als Pierre Deschamps, einem
Amerikanische Kolumnist wies darauf hin: "... Wenn junge Muslime in England [oder in anderen europäischen
Länder] sind der Gewalt dreht, ist es nicht der Islam die Schuld, sondern weil sie fühlen sich zunehmend
gesäumt in. Es gibt keine Chance für sie nach oben in die Welt ... Statt der einfachen
Route und verkündet das Scheitern der multikulturellen Politik, müssen die führenden Politiker Europas, eine zu finden
Handwerker für ihre kaputten sozialen Leiter. "66


c) Anti-Muslim Sentiments in Teilen von Europa:

Die "Rassifizierung" der muslimischen Minderheit verschärft, um eine Quelle der Besorgnis Form - insbesondere
Taschen von Europa - während des Berichtszeitraums. Laut einer Umfrage von Französisch Meinungsforscher durchgeführt
IFOP im Dezember 2010 und 4. Januar veröffentlicht von Französisch Zeitung Le Monde67, 4 in 10
Französisch und Deutsch Volk sah, Muslime in ihrem Land als eine "Bedrohung". 42% der Französisch
Menschen und 40% der Deutschen sagten, sie als das Vorhandensein einer muslimischen Gemeinschaft in ihrer
Land "eine Bedrohung", um ihre nationale Identität. Die Umfrage fand auch, dass 68% in Frankreich und 75% in
Deutschland als Muslime "nicht gut in die Gesellschaft integriert." Von diesen 61% in Französisch und
67% der Deutschen die Schuld dieser wahrgenommenen Fehler auf "Verweigerung" von Muslimen zu integrieren.

Die Debatte über die Präsenz von Muslimen in Deutschland tatsächlich von Thilo Sarrazin, eine eingeleitete
langjähriges Mitglied der Mitte-Links-Sozialdemokratische Partei (SPD). Im August 2010 veröffentlichte er
ein umstrittenes Buch, hebt mit dem Titel Deutschland und argumentieren, dass "Deutschland die muslimische Bevölkerung
Siehe Expatica den Eintrag "Französisch Präsident: Der Multikulturalismus ist gescheitert", in:Anhören
Umschrift
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ist intellektuell minderwertig und unfähig oder unwillig, die Sprache oder die Kultur kennen zu lernen, und die Masse
Einwanderung ist die Zerstörung der Nation. "68

Wie erwartet, erhöhte die Debatte im Interesse der gesamten deutschen Gesellschaft veranlassen ein Umdenken
über die Präsenz von Muslimen in ihrer Mitte. Am 30 September 2010, dem Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach
freigegeben für die Financial Times Deutschland eine poll69 zeigen, dass eine Mehrheit der Deutschen
glaubte das Land rund vier Millionen Muslime waren eine wirtschaftliche Belastung, während 55% der
Deutschen dachten Muslime "erheblich teurer sozial und finanziell als sie produzieren
wirtschaftlich ".

Als Teil der extremen Rechten auf dem Vormarsch, eine neue politische Partei, Die Freiheit (die Freiheit),
gegensätzlichen politischen Islam wurde created70 von Rene Stadtkewitz, der von seinem ehemaligen abgeworfen wurde geführt
Partei für die Ausrichtung umstrittenen niederländischen Politikers Geert Wilders. Die Partei-Plattform zum Ausdruck
insbesondere besorgt über den Islam, der, so hieß es, "ist nicht nur eine Religion, sondern auch eine politische Ideologie
. mit eigenem Rechtssystem "Party Gründer erklärte außerdem:" Wir widersetzen uns mit aller Kraft die
Islamisierung unseres Landes ". In einem Interview mit der emiratischen Zeitung The National71,
Rene Stadtkewitz sagte, er wolle die Zuwanderung von Muslimen stoppen und beschrieben den Islam als eine
"Totalitäres System" verbogen auf Verdrängung westlichen liberalen Werte und fügte hinzu, dass die Muslime nicht
Integration in die deutsche Gesellschaft sowie andere Einwanderer und dass die Behörden sich
strengere Kopftuchverbot in der Schule, zu stoppen öffentliche Mittel für die Lehre des Koran, um junge
Kinder und die Eindämmung der Einfluss der islamischen Organisationen.

In dieser Hinsicht, Alexander Häusler, Sozialwissenschaftler und Neonazismus-Experte bei der Düsseldorfer
University of Applied Sciences noted72: "Das Anti-Einwanderungs-Aussprüche von Sarrazin, gesichert
durch die Kommentare von Merkel und Seehofer, sind wie ein Geschenk an die ganz rechts. Sie hatten eine Tür
eröffnet ihnen, dass zuvor geschlossen wurde, weil es ist jetzt gesellschaftlich akzeptabel zu sagen,
Dinge, die vor dem niemand Stimme wagte. "

Die Französisch-Senat Passage, in September 2010, des Verbots der Schleier 73 - vor allem auf die Prämisse
Wahrnehmung der Zuschreibung Muslime - bestätigt das Eindringen von anti-muslimische Gefühle. In
Frankreichs Verfassung Watchdog 7. Oktober 2010 endorsed74 diese Uneinigkeit Gesetz verbieten
face-Abdeckung islamischen Schleier überall in der Öffentlichkeit, die Kritik zog, vor allem von Human
Rechte Kreise, innerhalb und außerhalb Frankreichs. Zum Beispiel, Papst Benedikt XVI in seiner Erklärung
bemerkte: "Soweit die Burka betrifft, sehe ich nicht ein Grund für ein generelles Verbot. Einige

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Frauen nicht die Burka tragen ganz freiwillig, und es ist richtig, von einem Verstoß gegen sprechen
diese Frau. Natürlich kann man damit nicht einverstanden. Aber wenn sie wollen es freiwillig tragen, ich
weiß nicht, warum muss man sie verbieten. "75

Die Behauptung seitens einiger politischer Analysten, dass die politische Position von Herrn Sarkozy
verteidigen anti-muslimischen Gesetze - wie die bereits erwähnten Burka-Verbot oder durch asking76 welche Grenzen
sollte sich auf den Islam und seine Kompatibilität mit den weltlichen Gesetzen der französischen platziert werden - hat zu tun mit
seine Ängste zu verlieren Präsidentschaftswahlen 2012 verstärkt OIC Warnungen gegen die Verwendung von
Islamophobie als Instrument der Wahlpolitik Erzeugung eines ungesunden Wettbewerb
Schwangere mit schweren Folgen in den regionalen als auch globalen context.77

Niederländischen Politikers Geert Wilders announced78 am 1. April 2011, er würde eine Fortsetzung vorhanden
seinen Kurzfilm Fitna im Jahr 2012. Fitna 2 würde spezifisch über den Propheten, und war früher
Angekündigt für 2010, aber verschoben wegen der vorgezogenen Wahlen. Der Artikel mit dem Titel
"Mainstreaming Hate" 79 von Ferry Biedermann in der Foreign Policy Magazine im Oktober veröffentlicht
2010 ein klare Beschreibung des Hasses mongering Tagesordnung Geert Wilders argumentierte, dass er
"Langsam aber sicher macht Islamophobie ein akzeptierter Bestandteil der politischen Rhetorik in der
Niederlande "und hatte sich seine Augen auf die Vereinigten Staaten an nächsten.


d) Anti-Moschee Spiel:

Die Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs Website included80 einen Link zu einem Online-Video-Spiel namens "Bye Bye
Moschee ", die Spieler haben eine Minute, um Ziele in das Bild von cartoon Muezzins Ort
Aufruf zum Gebet über Moschee Minarette, und klicken Sie auf "Stop"-Zeichen. Die Anbindung an die
umstrittene Spiel wurde genutzt, um Wähler zu ermutigen, Gerhard Kurzmann, der Partei zu wählen
Kandidaten in der Region Steiermark, bei den Kommunalwahlen im September 2010 geplant. "Game Over.
Die Steiermark ist jetzt voll von Minaretten und Moscheen! "Das Spiel, sagte am Ende einer Sitzung, vor der Einladung
Spieler für Kurzmann Stimmrecht. Allerdings gab es keine Moscheen mit Minaretten in der Steiermark. Es war
später reported81 dass die österreichische Regierung hatte die Online-Video-Spiel verboten.


2.3. Medien islamophoben Diskurs und Kampagnen

Ein Teil der westlichen Medien weiter islamfeindliche Einstellungen in der West-Fan betonte
die Notwendigkeit und Bedeutung der Medienkompetenz zur Bekämpfung von Intoleranz und Diskriminierung
gegen den Islam und die Muslime. Die auf der Auf 14. Oktober 2011, Fox News Host Bill
O'Reilly erklärte: "Muslime uns getötet 9 / 11". Klicken Sie dann auf Fox & Friends am folgenden Tag, Co-

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Host Brian Kilmeade sagte: "Nicht alle Muslime sind Terroristen, sind alle Terroristen Muslime." 82 In ähnlicher Weise,
eine Gruppe schwor, "Islamofaschismus" Kampf startete eine Medienkampagne in Oklahoma Unterstützung eines Staates
Verfassungsänderung, die die Gerichte aus der Betrachtung islamischen oder anderen verbieten würde
Völkerrecht bei der Entscheidung über Fälle, in Sooner State Gerichtssälen. Die Kampagne Act! Für
Amerika, von libanesischen amerikanische Journalistin Brigitte Gabriel gegründet, enthalten ein Radio-Anzeige, die
begann Lüften 18. Oktober 2010, Meinungs-Artikel und robo-Anrufe aus dem ehemaligen CIA-Direktor und
Tulsa nativen James Woolsey Drängen Bewohner für die Abstimmung Initiative abstimmen. Die Gruppe sagte, die
Verfassungsänderung würde die Übernahme von Oklahoma durch islamische Extremisten, die verhindern,
wollte nach Amerika von innen out.83 rückgängig weitere amerikanische Talkmaster Glenn Beck,
meinte, zehn Prozent aller Muslime seien Terroristen. Als ThinkProgress wies darauf hin,
Becks Schätzung würde bedeuten, dass etwa 157 Millionen Muslime in der Welt terrorists.84 wurden

Während der Einführung des Sun News Netzwerk 85 am Montag, 18 April, 2011, zeigte Host Ezra Levant
die Karikaturen des Propheten Muhammad (das hatte Zorn von Muslimen in aller Welt ausgelöst
nachdem sie in einer dänischen Zeitung im Jahr 2005 veröffentlicht) in der TV-Sender der ersten Stunde als Teil
eines Segments über die Freiheit der Rede über die Uraufführung seiner Show, The Source. Levant, der
veröffentlichte die Karikaturen in seiner jetzt verstorbenen Zeitschrift The Western Standard im Jahr 2006 zum Ausdruck gebracht
der Ansicht, dass andere Medien nicht zu lehnte es ab, die Karikaturen zu veröffentlichen. Levant, sagte auf der
zeigen: "Für diese Sünde zu zeigen, die Menschen die Nachricht, wir wurden verfolgt ... auf freie Meinungsäußerung ist immer
angegriffen ... Ich bin 100 Prozent überzeugt, dass dies zeigen die von der Regierung angegriffen werden
auch. "Die Resonanz online waren schnell. Sun TV und Levant wurde selbst verlaufenden Themen
Twitter, mit einigen Fragen, warum Levant wählte den umstrittenen Karikaturen Luft. Chris
Waddell, Direktor der School of Journalism an der Carleton University erklärte: "Es ist schwer zu den
verstehen, warum es wichtig ist, "und fügte hinzu, dass es keinen Grund, die Cartoons on air
Fernsehen, außer um Effekthascherei appellieren, denn: "Was Sie sagen können? Es ist wie Recycling eine
sehr alte Geschichte. "

Kerry Moore präsentierte Paul Mason und Justin Lewis, Forscher an der Universität Cardiff in Großbritannien, ein
"Übersicht" in Bilder des Islams in Deutschland: Die
Vertretung der britischen Muslime die National Print News Media 2000-200886, wo es war
zeigte, wie die britischen Medien war voreingenommen
gegenüber dem Islam und seinen Anhängern. Zum Beispiel,
und unten Charts, fanden sie heraus, dass
"Terrorismus", "Terrorist" und "extremistisch" waren die
häufigsten Substantive in Verbindung mit
Britische Muslime. Darüber hinaus "radikal", seien "Fanatiker" und "fundamentalistisch" am häufigsten
Adjektive in Verbindung mit der britischen Muslime, mit sehr wenigen positiven Substantive (wie "Gelehrter").

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Abbildung 1: Die häufigsten Substantive in Verbindung mit britischen Muslimen verwendet (n = 796)

Die Studie ergab, dass "die Sprache über britische Muslime nutzten die negative oder reflektiert
Problematisch Kontexte, in denen sie neigen zu erscheinen. Vier der fünf häufigsten Diskurse
verwendet über Muslime in der britischen Presse assoziieren Islam / Muslime mit Drohungen, Problemen oder in
gegen die herrschenden britischen Werten. So zum Beispiel die Idee, dass der Islam gefährlich ist,
rückwärts oder irrational ist in 26% der Geschichten. Im Gegensatz dazu enthielt nur 2% der Geschichten der
These, dass die Muslime dominant moralischen Werte unterstützt. "87

In Schweden, "... nach dem 11. September viele Muslime entschieden, dass Berichterstattung in den Medien war
schlimmer geworden und mehr gegenüber Muslimen voreingenommen. Zum Beispiel in einer Studie von Håkan Hvitfelt auf
Islam und die Muslime in der schwedischen Fernsehnachrichten, nur 14% der Berichterstattung über Muslime nicht
beinhalten Gewalt. "88 Es kann auch erwähnt werden, dass" In Dänemark, den Niederlanden, Belgien,
Frankreich und der Schweiz die anti-islamische Stimmung ist nicht nur in der Zeitung Feature zu spüren
Ergänzungen, Blogs und Talkshows, sondern beeinflusst auch die Parteipolitik, Wahlergebnisse und spezielle
Rechtsvorschriften über den Islam. "89


2.4. Diskriminierung von Muslimen in Beschäftigung

Die Diskriminierung von Muslimen in der Beschäftigung und am Arbeitsplatz ist seit jeher ein großes Hindernis wurde
in der Integration von Muslimen - insbesondere in der West-und darf nicht als diskontiert werden
oprationalized und durchdringende Form von Islamophobie.

Die New York Times reported90, dass muslimische Arbeiter mit der Equal Employment gefüllt hatte
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) einen Rekord von 803 religiöse Diskriminierung behauptet in dem Jahr,
endete in 30 September 2009, die "... um 20% gegenüber dem Vorjahr und fast 60
Prozent aus dem Jahr 2005, nach Bundesländern Daten ... islamischen Gruppen sagen, sie haben einen Anstieg der erhaltenen
Beschwerden vor kurzem, was darauf hindeutet, dass 2010 die Zahl wird ein neuer Rekord. Obwohl die Muslime
machen weniger als 2 Prozent der Bevölkerung der Vereinigten Staaten machten sie etwa ein
Viertel der 3.386 religiöse Diskriminierung Ansprüche mit der EEOC eingereicht in [2009]. "

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Einige lawsuits91 brachte im Namen der muslimischen Arbeiter EEOC waren wie folgt:
Im August 2010 verklagte die EEOC JBS Swift, ein Fleischverarbeitung


Unternehmen im Namen von 160 somalischen Einwanderer, sagte
Betreuer und Arbeitnehmer hatten sie, weil sie Muslime verflucht;
geworfen Blut, Fleisch und Knochen bei ihnen, und unterbrachen ihre
Gebet bricht.
Am 1. September 2010 reichte die EEOC ein Verfahren gegen


Abercrombie & Fitch, die modische Kleidung Einzelhändler und beschuldigte
es der Diskriminierung für die Ablehnung an einen 18-jährigen Muslim mieten
denn sie trug ein Kopftuch.
Und im Juni 2010 verklagte die Agentur ein Four Points by Sheraton


Hotel in Phoenix, behaupten, dass das Management illegal war
erlaubt eine feindliche Arbeitsumgebung in denen die Arbeitnehmer genannt
ein irakischer Einwanderer ein "Kamel Jockey", verspotteten ihn mit den arabischen
ululations und verspottete ihn über Neuigkeiten rund erfasst
Terroristen. (Das Hotel Manager sagte, dass viele der Forderungen wurden
unwahr.)
Mohammad Kaleemuddin, ein pakistanischer Einwanderer, der Lkw fuhr für die amerikanische


Kriegsanstrengungen im Irak für drei Jahre, sagte, dass, während er für einen Bau arbeiten
mit Sitz in Houston, rief seine Vorgesetzten und mehrere Kollegen ihn "Osama", "al
Qaida "," Taliban "und" Terrorist ". Nachdem er eine Beschwerde, die EEOC eingereicht verklagte die
Unternehmen arbeitete er für, Pace Services. Das Unternehmen stimmte im April 2010, ihn zu bezahlen
$ 61.250 zur Erfüllung der Fall.
Imane Boudlal, eine 26-Jährige aus Casablanca, Marokko, die für zwei Jahre gearbeitet hatte


als Hostess bei der Storytellers Cafe im Disneyland in Anaheim, Kalifornien, während
Ramadan im August 2010 wurde von ihrem Vorgesetzten gesagt, wenn sie darauf bestanden das Tragen der
Schal, konnte sie entweder in Rücken oder am Telefon, Job, Arbeit. Sie reichte eine Beschwerde bei der
EEOC.


Inzwischen Frankreichs Amt für Statistik, Insee, showed92 in einem 12 November 2010 Studie, dass die
Beschäftigungsquote von Französisch Männer nordafrikanischer Herkunft, von denen mindestens einer der Eltern
war ausländischer Herkunft, war 21%-Punkte niedriger als im Durchschnitt der nationalen Rate von 86%. Für
Nordafrikanische Frauen lag die Quote 18% Punkte niedriger.

In Schweden, den Ombudsmann für Gleichstellung (DO) filed93 eine Klage gegen Paketzusteller
United Parcel Service (UPS), nachdem das Unternehmen wies einen Muslim Fahrer, sich zu rasieren abgelehnt
seinen Bart. In der Klage mit der schwedischen Labour Court (Arbetsdomstolen) am 14. Februar 2011 eingereicht,
den Ombudsmann argumentierte, dass das Unternehmen sollte der Mann, wohnhaft in Spånga northest von Pay
Stockholm, 150.000 Kronen (23.000 $) als Entschädigung zuzüglich 42.000 Kronen in entgangenen Einnahmen, wie
sowie Zinsen auf beiden Beträge.Anhören
Umschrift

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In Großbritannien, einem muslimischen Flughafen Arbeiter accused94 Fluggesellschaft Cathay Pacific von Rassismus
nachdem er ein Vorstellungsgespräch verweigert wurde - nur zu einem angeboten werden, als er zwei Tage später angewendet
mit Hilfe eines gefälschten weiß britisch klingenden Namen. Algerisch-geboren Salim Zakhrouf angewendet Cathay
Pacific für einen Job als Beifahrer Dienstleistungen Offizier am Flughafen Heathrow. Herr Zakhrouf, 38, der hatte
lebte in Großbritannien seit 1991 als britischer Staatsbürger, wurde per E-Mail mitgeteilt, dass er nicht für gewählt
Interview. Aber die Anwendung 48 Stunden später als "Ian Woodhouse" mit identischem Lebenslauf und zu Hause
Adresse, war er für ein Interview mit dem gleichen Personal Offizier, der zunächst abgelehnt hatte eingeladen
ihn.


3: Einige positive Entwicklungen

Am 23. Juni 2010 der Parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarates (PACE) adopted95 die
Resolution 174396 mit dem Titel "Islam, Islamismus und Islamophobie in Europa", unter anderem gegen die
Verbot des Schleiers in Frankreich. Die Parlamentarier im Europarat Kommission sagte, dass ein
generelles Verbot würde bestreiten, Frauen ", die frei will es", um ihre Gesichter bedecken. Sie stellten fest, die Französisch
Maßnahmen könnten "verletzen das Recht auf Religionsfreiheit, das von der Europäischen verankert ist
Übereinkommen über Menschenrechte ". Darüber hinaus erinnerte die Versammlung, dass die Muslime in Europa oft
begegnet Stigmatisierung und Diskriminierung für ihre Bräuche und Überzeugungen, und sie waren Opfer
religiösen Radikalismus. Die europäischen Regierungen wurden durch den Rat, eine Balance zu finden ermutigt,
Schutz des Rechts auf freie Religionsausübung, solange es mit der gemeinsamen europäischen Werte war,
aber auch erlauben Kritik am Islam, sofern sie nicht übergreifen Hass-Rede. Die
Versammlung, die Genehmigung, einen Bericht über Islam, Islamismus und Islamophobie von Mogens Jensen vorbereitet
(Dänemark, SOC), auch auf die Schweiz aufgefordert, so bald wie möglich aufzuheben seiner allgemeinen Verbot der
Bau von Minaretten, die sie beschrieben als diskriminierend. In diesem Zusammenhang sagte er: "Die
Bau von Minaretten sollte möglich sein, unter den gleichen Status wie auf Kirchtürme gegeben wird,
in Übereinstimmung mit der öffentlichen Sicherheit und Stadtplanung Vorschriften. "97

Eine weitere Entwicklung der Rede wert ist, die Führer der vier deutschsprachigen Zusammenhang
Länder, die am 1. November 2010 verkündete muslimische Einwanderer als in ihren Empfang
Nationen, solange würden sie lernen, die Sprache zu sprechen und die Anpassung an lokale Bräuche. Deutsch
Christian Wulff, Bundespräsident Heinz Fischer, Bundespräsident und Doris Leuthard
Erbprinz Alois von Liechtenstein machte die Kommentare am Ende eines informellen Jahrestagung in
Deutschland ist Ostseehafen Luebeck.98

In der Zwischenzeit, in das Vereinigte Königreich, war eine All-Parteien-Fraktion zum Thema Islamfeindlichkeit
Start in das House of Commons. Auf seiner konstituierenden Hauptversammlung gewählten Mitglieder
Keighley und Ilkley konservative Abgeordnete Kris Hopkins als sein Stuhl mit Liberaldemokraten dienen
Stellvertretender Geschäftsleiter Simon Hughes und Labour Peer Herr Janner von Braunstone als Vice-Chairs. Die

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Gruppe zunächst das Interesse von mehr als 20 Abgeordneten und Kollegen aus über beide Häuser
des Parlaments. ENGAGE, eine muslimische NGO, würde das Sekretariat der Group.99 dienen

In einer wichtigen Geste gegen Islamophobie, war US-Pastor Terry Jones von der Eingabe verboten
Großbritannien durch das Innenministerium. Mr. Jones war von der English Defence League eingeladen zu einem Besuch
5. Februar 2011 Kundgebung in Luton, Bedfordshire gegen die Präsenz des Islam in Britain, sondern dass
Einladung zurückgezogen wurde. Eine britische Home Office-Sprecher sagte: "Die Regierung widersetzt sich
Extremismus in all seinen Formen, weshalb wir Pastor Terry Jones aus dem Vereinigten Königreich haben, ist ausgeschlossen. "100
Außerdem hatte eine österreichische Islam-Kritik Dozent für Verunglimpfung von religiösen zu Geldstrafen verurteilt worden
Theorien. Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff wurde vor Gericht auf 15. Februar 2011 für den Aufruf Islam "feindliche"
und der Koran "das Böse" in einem Seminar in einem Wiener Hotel im Jahr 2009 statt. Sabaditsch-Wolff wurde bestellt
zu einer Geldstrafe von 480 Euro über ihre Aussagen zu bezahlen als Richter als ihre Ansprüche als Herabwürdigung
religiöse theories.101

In den Vereinigten Staaten an, lehnte eine Bundesbehörde einen Antrag auf eine Marke von der Organisation "Stop
Islamisierung of America "(sioa) Marke, weil es" bedeutet Islam zugeordnet ist
Terrorismus ", und weil der Name vermuten" verunglimpfen "Muslime. Die Gruppe von Atlas gestartet
Shrugs Blogger Pamela Geller und Robert Spencer von Jihad Watch hatte US-Nationalmannschaft gezogen
Aufmerksamkeit für ihre Bus-sign-Kampagne bietet Unterstützung für Muslime, die den Islam verlassen wollen. sioa
organisierte Opposition gegen Pläne für eine islamische Moschee am Ground Zero in New York City.102
In Los Angeles, ging der Stadtrat im Dezember 2010 eine Resolution zur Unterstützung
"Jede Gesetzgebung, die Islamophobie und willkürlicher Gewalt gegen widersetzen würde
Muslime. "103

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Down with Minarets - Austria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ljg6NcsK8Q

Moschee Bye Bye - Schlag den Moslem - Schlag den Muezin - Spiel gegen Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EayfjoXSb9k

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...e+Moschee&aq=f

On-line anti-muslimische Empörung Funken Spiel

Quelle: Al-Jazeera
...

http://muslimvillage.com/de/2010/09/...parks-outrage/

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Austria Banned Anti-mosque Web Game 'Bye Bye Mosque'
Date: Sep 07 2010

AUSTRIA: Austrian authorities have banned a far-right online game where players eliminate animated mosques and Muslims, the political party behind the game said on Friday.

The "Bye Bye Mosque" game, which has had over 200,000 visitors since it was launched on Monday, has drawn sharp criticism from Austria's Social Democrats and Green Party, as well as the Islamic and Roman Catholic communities.

Set up by the provincial branch of the far-right Freedom Party ahead of an election in Styria later this month, the game encouraged players to collect points by putting a target over mosques and minarets emerging from the countryside and clicking a "Stop" sign.

They also had the chance to eliminate a bearded muezzin calling Muslims to prayer.

"Due to the political pressure from our opponents this game has been banned by Austrian justice authorities," a statement on the party's website said.

The local prosecutors' office, which was not immediately available for comment, said earlier this week it was investigating the Freedom Party for incitement over the game. The party has said it wanted to start a debate about mosque-building.

The Austrian dispute is symptomatic of a wider trend in the United States and in Europe where Islam is becoming a more prominent political issue.

Geert Wilder's anti-Islam party doubled its seats in the Dutch parliament in June elections and Swiss voters backed a ban on building minarets in a referendum last November.

The debate in Austria reignited last month after the head of its Islamic community said it would be normal to see a mosque with a visible minaret in each of the country's nine provinces.

There are four such buildings in Austria and none of them is in Styria, where 1.6 percent of the population is Muslim according to the Austria Press Agency.

There are around half a million Muslims in Austria, a predominantly Catholic country of 8 million people ruled by a centrist coalition.

At a national level, the Freedom Party has been calling for a special vote on banning mosques with minarets and Islamic face veils before another provincial election in Vienna.

With its catchy slogans and youthful leader, the anti-immigrant party enjoys strong support especially from young people in Austria, winning 17.5 percent of the vote at a national level in 2008.

http://news.bbgsite.com/content/2010...e_mosque.shtml

Das Spiel wurde anscheinend auch aus dem Netz genommen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYq15OjSWic

http://gesamtrechts.wordpress.com/20...baba-verboten/

http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Moschee-B...le1415871.html

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6: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The three previous reports of the Observatory catalogued evidence of a steady and systematic
increase in Islamophobia sustained pattern of motivated intolerance and discrimination
against Islam and Muslims. The reporting period of the fourth report was characterized by a
higher frequency as well as intensity of Islamophobic events, acts and utterances on an even
larger scale. Outrageous acts like the burning of Holy Quran, by a hitherto unknown Pastor,
and the ensuing media attention signified the new extremist face of anti -Islam and anti
Muslims campaign that constitutes a contemporary manifestation of racism. It was
encouraging to note, during the review period, that such acts evoked global concern owing to
adverse impact on global peace and security as indicated by consequences like the
condemnable act on the UN Compound in Afghanistan. It would take sustained engagement
and concerted efforts on the part of the international community to deal with the increasing
manifestations of Islamophobia in the West based on inadequate knowledge about nations and
cultures with an Islamic background.

It underscores the need and urgency for forging a new relationship and understanding through
respect for cultural diversity. The OIC has been consistent at emphasizing the importance of
cultural and interfaith dialogue to promote world peace and stability, seeking a historic
reconciliation between the Muslim world and the West with a view to curbing the ascendency of
Islamophobia in particular and intolerance and incitement to hatred and violence on religious
grounds in general. The call, over the past decade, induced a multiplicity of event based
agreements reflecting expressions of good intent. It would, however, be important to move
beyond this stage towards translating words into action by evolving, on a consensual basis, a
normative solution to deal with the threat posed to peaceful coexistence.

Tolerance, stability and prosperity can only be ensured in an atmosphere mutual respect and
trust. In a globalized world, diverse cultures should complement and not compete each other. It
was based on the same realization and the vision of ‘moderation and modernization’, the OIC
Ten-Year Program of Action (TYPOA) accorded primacy to cultural diplomacy as an important
element on the OIC Agenda. In implementing the Programme the Organization has been
consistent in demonstrating ability to forge consensus on even the most sensitive issues of
cultural and interfaith significance within multilateral frameworks- the consensual adoption of
the OIC sponsored resolution 16/18 entitled, “combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and
stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence, and violence against persons based
on religion or belief” being yet another case in point. OIC has a principled position against
defamation of any religion, dehumanization of the followers, denigration of symbols sacred all
religions or incitement to hatred or violence on national, racial or religious grounds. The OIC
position in this regard is duly entrenched in provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and other
international laws on incitement to hatred or violence.
Reaffirming the validity of the recommendations made in the three preceding reports - as part of
the strategy to combating Islamophobia and anti- Islam and Muslims tendencies and trends in
the Western mind and media in particular – the Observatory would like to reiterate as well as
propose the following elements:



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a) Enhancing and broadening the knowledge and understanding of Islam in non-
Muslim societies, as outright ignorance, insufficient knowledge and motivated
disinformation have contributed to the somewhat general misperception in various strata
of public opinion in the West and non-Muslim societies at large that Islam was a religion
that “lived by the sword”, preached hatred and violence towards non-believers, and stood to
challenge the Western way life.
b) Improving the dissemination of information about Muslim countries being victims of
the contemporary manifestations of terrorism and extremism more than the rest of the
world. The lack of both dissemination and coverage of the firm rejection of terrorism and
extremism by the Muslim world’s political and religious elite, including the leadership of
OIC Member States as well as the mainstream public opinion coupled with the
misrepresentation and incorrect interpretation of Islam at various levels have contributed
significantly to the growth of Islamophobia. Western public opinion, media and civil society
must be made to realize that Islam and Muslims had simultaneously been the prime target
of both terrorism and association with terrorism.
c) To tackle the media misrepresentation that remained one of the main causes for the
hurt and insult that Muslims were suffering at the hands of prejudice and discrimination.
The imperative of media literacy formed a point of convergence in an otherwise polarized
discourse on the need and means to combat Islamophobia between Islam and the West and
must be realized as a first step towards concerted action and confidence building.
d) Ensuring swift and effective implementation of the new approach signified by the
consensual adoption of HRC Resolution 16/18, entitled “combating intolerance,
negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence, and
violence against persons based on religion or belief” , by, inter alia, removing the gaps in
implementation and interpretation of international legal instruments and criminalizing
acts of incitement to hatred and violence on religious grounds with a view to curbing the
double standards and racial profiling that continue to feed religious strife detrimental to
peace, security and stability.
e) Constructively engaging to bridge divergent views on the limits to the right to
freedom of opinion and expression, in a structured multilateral framework, and in the
light of events like the burning of Quran geared towards filling the ‘interpretation void’
with regard to the interface between articles 19 (3) and 20 of the ICCPR based on emerging
approaches like applying the ‘test of consequence’.
f) Effectively reversing the exacerbation of Anti Muslim sentiments after 9/11, which
intensified stereotypes, generalizations about Muslims, and the ongoing infliction of
‘collective punishment’ on all Muslims through a frequency of assertions and reassertions
on the part of international political and religious elite that the Muslim world did not
condone and must not be associated with the acts and utterances of marginal and
misguided individuals.
g) Engaging with the West in order to build a political will and commitment to entering
into a serious and action and result oriented discourse that would generate reconciliation
between faiths, cultures and civilizations. OIC has been reiterating its availability as a
credible partner in that endeavor and would encourage the civil society in Member States
to join.



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h) Reaching out to other international organizations with a view to benefiting from
existing mechanisms mandated to combat religious intolerance, including UN treaty bodies.
The approach aims at both keeping all relevant counterparts fully aware of new forms and
manifestations of Islamophobia, by providing them with clear material evidence and
highlighting emblematic cases while at the same time enhancing cooperation and creating
synergies to unite efforts in dealing with such issues.
i) Encouraging Muslim community members living in western societies to monitor and
counter anti- Islam and Muslim incidents in the respective societies while exercising
restraint and enhancing participation in local political and social life. Some European
Muslim civil society organizations like EMISCO have made important contributions like the
recommendations to combat Islamophobia, as put forth by EMISCO at the Warsaw OSCE
Review Meeting on 8 October 2010 that needs to acknowledged, replicated and build on.106

These aforementioned elements will have to be put in practice through a comprehensive
political engagement and sustained political will in order to eradicate all manifestations of
Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims. Such an agenda should aim rejecting self
fulfilling prophecies like clash of civilizations while identifying, fostering and safeguarding the
moral values common to all religions. OIC believes that the current situation with regard to
Islamophobia, though deteriorating, is based on temporary and surmountable differences
emanating from cultural misperceptions and diverse social backgrounds rather than lasting or
irreconcilable variance in moral and ethical values.

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