Pascal Bruckner: Opfindelsen af “islamofobi”
I Danmark er propagandaudtrykket kun slÄet an pÄ den alleryderste venstreflÞj, hos den ikke alt for krÊsne sprogbruger socialdemokraten Mogens Jensen og i omegnen af Politiken. I Sverige er det knÊsat overalt, der er ingen ubehag ved at anvende Teheran-mullahernes terminologi, men der har myndigheder og presse Äbenbart den fÊlles interesse med Teheran, at slÞre og fornÊgte at der overhovedet finder en muslimsk offensiv mod Vesten sted. Robert Redeker har tidligere redegjort for udtrykkets oprindelse.
Islamophobia was invented to silence those Muslims who question the Koran and who demand equality of the sexes. At the end of the 1970s, Iranian fundamentalists invented the term “Islamophobia” formed in analogy to “xenophobia”. The aim of this word was to declare Islam inviolate. Whoever crosses this border is deemed a racist. This term, which is worthy of totalitarian propaganda, is deliberately unspecific about whether it refers to a religion, a belief system or its faithful adherents around the world.
The term “Islamophobia” serves a number of functions: it denies the reality of an Islamic offensive in Europe all the better to justify it; it attacks secularism by equating it with fundamentalism. Above all, however, it wants to silence all those Muslims who question the Koran, who demand equality of the sexes, who claim the right to renounce religion, and who want to practice their faith freely and without submitting to the dictates of the bearded and doctrinaire. It follows that young girls are stigmatised for not wearing the veil, as are French, German or English citizens of Maghribi, Turkish, African or Algerian origin who demand the right to religious indifference, the right not to believe in God, the right not to fast during Ramadan. Fingers are pointed at these renegades, they are delivered up to the wrath of their religions communities in order to quash all hope of change among the followers of the Prophet. Bruckner – The invention of Islamophobia
Aje Carlbom: Islamofobisnakkerne gÄr ekstremisternes Êrinde
“PĂ„ sikt Ă€r det sannolikt ocksĂ„ betydelsefullt att de aktivister och forskare som av politiska skĂ€l överbetonar den sĂ„ kallade islamofobins utbredning i Sverige tĂ€nker över sin argumentation. Att bibringa unga muslimer en kĂ€nsla av att mĂ€nniskor i Sverige Ă€r starkt negativa till muslimer och islam Ă€r att erbjuda sĂ€msta tĂ€nkbara förutsĂ€ttningar för ett liv som svensk muslim. PĂ„stĂ„enden om att situationen för svenska muslimer kan jĂ€mstĂ€llas med hur det var för judar i Tyskland pĂ„ 1930-talet ingĂ„r i en retorisk strategi som Ă€r direkt lögnaktig. Tittar man pĂ„ de statistiska undersökningar som genomförts under senare Ă„r Ă€r resultaten de motsatta. I Sverige verkar det finnas en stark motstĂ„ndskraft mot negativa attityder till muslimer och islam trots de senaste Ă„rens terror i islams namn. Sverige domineras fortfarande av starka idĂ©er om rĂ€ttvisa och solidaritet.
Sverige har skabt en sĂŠrlig besvĂŠrlig situation for sig selv, for hvordan kan man bekĂŠmpe noget, der ikke findes ?
Den svenska situationen Àr speciell jÀmfört med hur det Àr i mÄnga andra lÀnder. HÀr ska vi nu ta oss frÄn ett tillstÄnd dÀr frÄgan om islamism i stort sett har förtrÀngts under ett par decennier till att bygga upp ett förebyggande arbete mot den terror som genomförs av vÄldsamma muslimska aktivister. Beskyllningar om islamofobi stÀrker extrem islamism
Islam voldsomt upopulĂŠr i Tyskland og Frankrig
“Den starke motstĂ„ndskraft mot negativa attityder till muslimer och islam” som Carlbom beskriver, genfindes ikke i denne Le Monde undersĂžgelse fra idag:
Forty-two percent of French people and 40 percent of Germans questioned by pollster IFOP said they considered the presence of a Muslim community in their country “a threat” to their national identity, Le Monde said. The findings of the study “go beyond linking immigration with security or immigration with unemployment, to linking Islam with a threat to identity,” said Jerome Fourquet of IFOP, quoted by Le Monde.
Of the sample of people questioned for the survey in early December, 68 percent in France and 75 percent in Germany said they considered Muslims “not well integrated in society. “Out of these, 61 percent of French and 67 percent of Germans blamed this perceived failure on “refusal” by Muslims to integrate. Muslims seen as threat by 4 in 10 French, Germans (IFOP: REGARD CROISĂ FRANCE/ALLEMAGNE SUR LâISLAM)
VenstreflĂžjens kongedĂžmme
Man skal ikke vĂŠre smĂ„lig. NĂ„r to halvdanskere fĂ„r store svenske priser, kipper vi med flaget. Mikael Wiehe, der mener at Cuba er et menneskerettighedsforebillede og at danskerne er “pĂžlsefascister”, fĂ„r Sydsvenskans store kulturpris. Maj Wechselman fĂ„r…..Leninprisen. Mikael Wiehe fĂ„r Sydsvenskans kulturpris 2010 för att han âFörvaltat och förnyat den svenska sĂ„ngskatten och skapat ett pyramidalt livsverkâ. Filmaren Maj Wechselmann fĂ„r Jan MyrdalsĂ€llskapets stora pris â Leninpriset. – Og mere fra omtrent samme hĂžstak, Berlingske bepriser Benny Andersen. ChefredaktĂžr Knudsen:- “Derfor er Andersen, prĂŠcis som sin verdensberĂžmte landsmand og navnebror H.C., sĂ„ stor og sĂ„ vigtig i vores lillebitte land. Dette âreservatâ, som digteren kalder det, hvor selvtilstrĂŠkkelighed og skrumpehorisont til tider fĂ„r nationens glorie til at lyse noget mat.” Godt med lidt digterisk horisont, hvad skulle vi i det hele taget gĂžre uden vores kunstnere ? Suzanne BrĂžgger skrev nytĂ„rskronikken i Politiken om bla. “den evindelige vulgĂŠr-kritik af islamismens trussel mod Europa.” Man kan frygte, hun var ĂŠdru i gerningsĂžjeblikket. SvĂŠre tider har altid givet os gode kunstnere. Tiden kan ikke vĂŠre svĂŠr nok endnu. (Foto: “En stemme der aldrig forstummer”, Ursula Reuter Christiansen, Statens Museum for Kunst.)
Et spÞgelse gÄr gennem debatten
Man skal aldrig sige aldrig, og det kunne vĂŠre fatalt at overse reelle advarselssignaler, men imod denne velargumenterede og ikke-manipulerende brug af nazismen som skrĂŠmmebillede mĂ„ man dog her og nu indvende: Det er fuldstĂŠndig hypotetisk, og der er intet som helst der her og nu antyder at europĂŠere vil falde i denne historiske grĂžft. TvĂŠrtimod, fravĂŠret af vrede andet end som frustrerede udtalelser menigmand imellem giver i hĂžjere grad indtryk af at europĂŠere er endelĂžst langmodige og resignerede. Der er ingen stĂžrre politiske partier der bare kommer i nĂŠrheden af nazismen, ingen spontane hate crimes, ingen der virkelig effektivt slĂ„r i bordet, intet af hverken konstruktiv eller destruktiv art der bare ligner. Kun en hĂ„ndfuld ivrigt debatterende bloggere der hĂžjst kan svinge sig op til lyssky opsĂŠtning af opsĂŠtsige klistermĂŠrker – faktisk temmelig langt fra genocidale scenarier. En lĂŠser hos Mark Steyn skriver (LFPC).
Mark, I am an American pastor in Brussels, Belgium. You have written extensively about the spread of radical Islam and the decline of the West. What you write is all true, but I think there is a bigger threat than Islam in Europe’s future.
To start, the present system is doing nothing effective to combat the challenge of radical Islam, but neither is it doing anything to prevent a complete economic meltdown. I think that within a few years time, the social systems of Europe will completely collapse, and this collapse can be compared to the collapse of the Weimar Republic.
In my view, the greatest danger in the coming years is the growth of a real, bonafide neo-Nazi movement in Europe. The present governmental system has proven that it has no answers and doesn’t care much about what ordinary people think, and the only group offering âanswersâ are the neo-Nazis. Of course, they are offering the wrong answers, but when the present governmental system collapses, they will be the only game in town.
Ordinary Belgians are very angry about Islamic immigrants that hate Belgium and game the system. A common saying in Belgium among the Flemish is, âI feel like a foreigner in my own country.â There is a tremendous amount of bitterness and anger for the fascists to build upon. In other words, the neo-Nazis will use the people’s anger about Islam to bring in something even worse. […]
There is a real potential for genocide in Europe. When I talk to a Belgian “right winger” (I know they are not really from the right), they soon start talking about the good points of Adolf Hitler. I think it is likely that when neo-Nazi movements take power, they will begin a program of genocide against both the Jews and Europe’s Muslim immigrants.
The best thing would be for Europe’s governments to take practical steps to deal with radical Islam, practical steps to reduce debt and strengthen the economy, and practical steps to restrict immigration. If these topics are considered beyond the scope of respectable discussion, then the only groups offering practical answers will be the fascist extremists. EUROPEâS FASCIST FUTURE?(H/T Magnus orerar)