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וינה, מרץ 26, 2005 (איסלם אונליין דוט נט) השימוש ברטוריקה של שנאת זרים, כולל ע"י מפלגות מהזרם המרכזי (של המגמה השלטת או המגמה הרווחת), שלטה בקמפיינים לבחירות הכלליות ולבחירות לפרלמנט האירופאי בשנתיים האחרונות, לפי מחקר חדש.

המחקר, שהוזמן ע"י הנציבות האירופאית נגד גזענות וחוסר סובלנות (ECRI), מגלה שמהגרים ופליטים ממדינות מוסלמיות והאיסלם עצמו הם המטרות העיקריות של פוליטיקאים המנצלים רגשות של חוסר בטחון בעולם רב תרבותי עם סיבוכיות מתגברת.

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Racist, Anti-Islam Rhetoric Mars Europe’s Elections: Study

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A banner of Germany’s NDP reading “No to Turkey’s EU membership.”

By Ahmed Al-Matboli, IOL Correspondent

VIENNA, March 26, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – The use of racist and xenophobic rhetoric, including by mainstream political parties, has dominated national and European Parliament election campaigns over the past two years, according to a new study.

The study, commissioned by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), maintains that immigrants and refugees from Muslim countries and Islam itself are primary targets of politicians who exploit feelings of insecurity in an increasingly complex and multicultural world.
French political scientist Jean-Yves Camus, who conducted the study, found that the theory of a so-called “clash of civilizations” is gaining ground.
“In 2004, right-wing parties extensively used anti-Semitic and xenophobic clichés to lure the European voters in 46 member states in the Council of Europe” he told a high-level panel meeting last week on the outcome of the study.

Except for Belgium, Poland, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, right-wing parties fared badly in the parliamentary race in their respective countries.
“Compared to the 1999 election, voting for the right-wingers has actually dipped,” Camus told a high-level panel meeting on the outcome of the study.
Austria’s Freedom Party, for example, had seen its European parliamentary seats slashed from five in 1999 to only one in 2004, according to the study.
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, xenophobia, Islamophobia and racial discrimination have been on the rise across Europe, concluded the study.
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) said in a recent report that Muslim minorities across Europe have been experiencing growing distrust, hostility and discrimination since 9/11.

Turkish Bugaboo

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Hans-Christian Strache defamed as Nazi Adolf Hitler.

The study showed that Turkey’s bid to join the newly-enlarged and expanding European Union was a main focal point for the rightists.

They exploited voters’ fears of the admission of a Muslim, though secular, and a relatively poor country, which has a population of over 70 million people, in their thriving euro bloc.
But the study revealed that the rightists’ attempts have backfired as they failed to attract votes they direly needed to control Europe’s political landscape.
European leaders agreed in December to launch qualified membership talks with Turkey.
Backers of Turkey's EU hopes, including heavyweights Britain and Germany, have long argued that the country was a vital bridge between Europe and the Middle East.

Extremist Germany

According to the study, Germany’s ultra-right National Democratic Party topped the list of the most extremist anti-foreigners and xenophobic statements.

The party, for instance, has been a vocal critic of Turkey’s admission into the EU and led a ferocious media campaign against the country with ads saying “No to the Islamization of Europe,” “No Residency Right for Double Citizens” and “Germans! Protect Your Country.”
In the parliamentary election, the NDP was defeated in all German states save Saxonia.
Some senior Germany officials were no less extremist in their stances.
Interior Minister in the state of Bavaria Guenter Beekstein accused the sizable Turkish community of living in “parallel societies” with their own cultural and social activities.
Warning that the “Turkish ghettos” were posing a threat to German society, the minister called for placing restrictions on immigrants, including adapting to the prevailing Christian culture.
To the contrary, German Minister of Economics and Labor Wolfgang Clement said last year that Turkish investments helped create 300,000 new jobs for Germans a year.

Freedom Party

In Austria, the Freedom Party has centered its electoral campaign on xenophobic slogans and the threats allegedly posed by immigrants from the Balkans.

Ads portraying the party’s leader in Vienna, Hans-Christian Strache, and warning of creating a “second Istanbul” out of the Austrian capital were seen in abundance.
The party’s xenophobic drive was disapproved by many of Vienna residents, who discolored the discriminatory banners by drawing swastikas and adding Hitler’s moustache to Strache.
Of the party’s members, only Andreas Molzer made it to the EU parliament and immediately established with French and Belgian right-wingers two anti-immigrants parties.

Condemned

The increasing use of racist and xenophobic elements in political discourse has been blasted by the ECRI which adopted on 17 March a declaration condemning this alarming and “ethically unacceptable” trend, according to its Web site.

It expressed deep concerns that “the use of racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic political discourse is no longer confined to extremist political parties, but is increasingly infecting mainstream political parties, at the risk of legitimizing and trivializing this type of discourse.
The ECRI also stressed that “this type of discourse often conveys a distorted image of Islam, intended to portray this religion as a threat, and that anti-Semitism continues to be encouraged, openly or in a coded manner, by certain political leaders and parties.”
Commenting on the study, European Council Secretary General Terry Davis said that “Europe’s parties should stand shoulder to shoulder in combating xenophobia, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.”
He dismissed racism and intolerance as “an obstacle to the values of world democracies.”
The Council of Europe, which is not part of the EU, is an international organization of 46 member states in the European region.
Membership is open to all European states which accept the principle of the rule of law and guarantee fundamental human rights and freedoms to their citizens.
One of the main successes of the Strasbourg-based Council was the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950, which serves as the basis for the European Court of Human Rights.

• Click to read the study
• Click to read ECRI Declaration

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