Three Danish lawmakers, all members of the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, have been reported to police for making remarks comparing Muslim women’s headscarves with swastikas. Parliament member Soeren Krarup was cited in daily Politiken and other Danish media on April … Continue reading
Danish state TV on Friday, October 6, aired video footage showing young members of a Danish party mocking Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him). Filmed in August, the video shows young adherents of the Danish People’s Party (DPP) … Continue reading
Muslim activists blasted recent anti-Islam remarks by a Danish lawmaker, cautioning that recurrent attacks on their faith by politicians and some media hinder the minority’s integration into society. “The Muslim minority has for sometime been suffering from anti-Islam and anti-Muslim … Continue reading
Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) is calling for a ban on burqas, after the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) backed France’s rules on religious headgear on Tuesday, when it ruled the country’s law banning full-face veils in public was … Continue reading
For reasons best known to themselves, the producers of Channel 4’s 4thought.tv slot decided to give Maryam Namazie a platform to demand a ban on the niqab. You can watch it here. Namazie was allowed to present herself as an ordinary … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 12-18 August 2013
Open Democracy has published an extract from a pamphlet by Johanne Mygind and Anders Rasmussen which explores the contradictions at the heart of the Islamophobic populism of the Danish People’s Party, whose packaging of their anti-Muslim politics as based on a … Continue reading
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) wants to put a stop to immigration from Muslim countries, according to a new press release by the party. The party says Muslims don’t integrate and cause big problems with shariah zones, parallel societies and … Continue reading
The Daily Telegraph reports that far-right anti-Islamic groups from across Europe, led by the English Defence League, will be holding a rally in Aarhus on 31 March under the auspices of the EDL-sponsored European Freedom Initiative. Swedish Defence League spokesman Isak Nygren states: “There will be … Continue reading
April elections in Finland could see the rise of yet another Northern European anti-immigrant, nationalist rightwing party that flatly rejects the far-right label while using populist rhetoric. The True Finns is the latest such party to show signs of gaining … Continue reading