{"id":4876,"date":"2023-12-26T08:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T08:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2023-12-26T08:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T08:01:16","slug":"islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4876","title":{"rendered":"Islamophobic politics Amplified in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4876\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 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href=\"https:\/\/gyanhigyan.com\/religion\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe-20231225160321\/cid13121631.htmhttps:\/\/gyanhigyan.com\/religion\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe-20231225160321\/cid13121631.htm\">https:\/\/gyanhigyan.com\/religion\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe-20231225160321\/cid13121631.htmhttps:\/\/gyanhigyan.com\/religion\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe-20231225160321\/cid13121631.htm<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Islamophobic politics Amplified in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent events and political upheavals in many European countries point to the increasing Islamophobic and anti-Islam right-wingers inching closer to power in these countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is often in the news for making bold statements, but she recently scoffed at Islamic culture and said that there is no place for it in Europe. She says there is no place for Islam in Europe: &#8216;There is a problem of compatibility&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her comments were made at a political festival organised by her far-right party \u2013 the Brothers of Italy, in Rome, which was attended by the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and X\u2019s owner Elon Musk, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her speech Meloni said, &#8220;The Islamic cultural centres in Italy are financed by Saudi Arabia where Sharia is in force. In Europe, there is a very Islamisation process distant from the values of our civilisation! I believe that there is a problem of compatibility between Islamic culture and the values and rights of our civilization.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, an old video of her also re-surfaced on various social media platforms that shows her saying she would not allow Sharia law to be implemented in Italy. Meloni also criticised Saudi Arabia for its strict Sharia Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe that these should be raised, which does not mean generalising on Islam. It means raising the problem that there is a process of Islamisation in Europe that is very distant from the values of our civilisation,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his speech at the event, Rishi Sunak said that he would push for global reforms to the asylum system while warning that the threat of a growing number of refugees could &#8216;overwhelm&#8217; parts of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He even warned that some &#8216;enemies&#8217; were deliberately &#8216;driving people to our shores to try and destabilise our societies&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If we do not tackle this problem, the numbers will only grow. It will overwhelm our countries and our capacity to help those who actually need our help the most,&#8221; Rishi Sunak said, adding, \u201cIf that requires us to update our laws and lead an international conversation to amend the post-war frameworks around asylum, then we must do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Tesla\u2019s founder and X\u2019s owner Elon Musk marked a rare appearance as he met world leaders at the annual gathering. \u201cImmigration isn\u2019t enough to combat population shrinking,&#8221; he said at the event, explaining: \u201cThere is value in cultures, we don\u2019t want Italy as a culture to disappear, we want to maintain a reasonable cultural identity of those countries or they won\u2019t be those countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysing the speeches given by these three leaders, makes it clear that not only political leaders alone but even business leaders are increasingly turning to Islamophobia, based on their belief systems and also converting political issues to anti-Islam utterances, to gain public support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Sunak and Musk couched their Islamophobic feelings into anti-immigrants policies. This could be partly blamed to these countries\u2019 own doing. Firstly, various European nations opened their doors for immigrants from the Muslim dominated countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The migrant\u2019s flow to many western countries increased as the increasing prosperity there was matched with no desire to engage in menial jobs at lower wages, gaps which were filled by the migrants. Further, they allowed Muslim immigrants entry to assuage their own guilt feeling, as many of the migrants fleeing their homes were coming from those countries where these countries had started or were supporting wars against the so-called radical or Islamist elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though many of these immigrants were not connected to any radical ideology, but they became an easy scapegoat to be blamed for any wrongs happening in these western societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rishi Sunak has been accused of adopting the \u201ctoxic\u201d rhetoric of his former home secretary Suella Braverman, after he warned that migration would \u201coverwhelm\u201d European countries without firm action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunak also said that both he and Meloni, with whom he has been forging a close relationship over hardline migration policies, were taking inspiration from Margaret Thatcher\u2019s steadfast radicalism in their quest to do \u201cwhatever it takes\u201d to \u201cstop the boats\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunak\u2019s relationship with Meloni, Italy\u2019s first female premier has blossomed over their shared hardline approach towards immigration through policies that have pushed the limits of legality. They have also bonded over their admiration of Thatcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as Elon Musk is concerned, recently studies have found that Islamophobic comments are being spread widely through X and the company does not respond to complaints or seem to take any remedial action, to handle the issue. X users resort to spelling mistakes intentionally while debating controversial subjects like religion, terrorism, crime, and even the Indian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are not errors made in the heat of the moment, but careful distortions meant to keep the tweet from being flagged or deleted for hateful content. For example, a tweet posted in November 2022 that singled out people with Muslim names from a series of random crime news reports did not refer to the perpetrators as \u201cMuslims\u201d but instead used the phrase \u201cOla ke Bande\u201d (Ola\u2019s group or Ola\u2019s gang). The word \u201cOla,\u201d which refers to the Indian ride-hailing taxi service, was used in place of \u201cAllah.\u201d The tweet author currently has close to 7,00,000 followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting such tweets for targeting a group of people based on their religion is now more difficult than reporting a hateful tweet simply referring to \u201cMuslims,\u201d as the X moderators viewing the complaint would have to be familiar with not only the Hindi phrase being used, but also understand the double meaning of \u201cOla.\u201d Moreover, if the moderation process were automated, the machine would most likely see a user verbally abusing a taxi service, which does not constitute hateful conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, reports from France speak of a parliamentary vote in favour of a new tough bill against the immigrants. Right-wing French leader Marine Le Pen described this as an \u2018ideological victory\u2019, due to the inclusion of many hardline measures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact from Italy\u2019s Meloni to France\u2019s Le Pen, to Geert Wilders\u2019 popularity in the Netherlands and Austria and Hungary\u2019s increasing public support to the right-wing politicians on the rise, the recent developments point to the wave of right-wing and Islamophobic politics overtaking Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4876\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;163&nbsp;total views<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;163&nbsp;total views https:\/\/www.scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=128058 https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe\/ http:\/\/www.kipnews.in\/newsdet.aspx?q=30336 https:\/\/theindianawaaz.com\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe\/ https:\/\/ianslive.in\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe&#8211;20231225160321#google_vignette https:\/\/www.socialnews.xyz\/2023\/12\/25\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe\/https:\/\/www.socialnews.xyz\/2023\/12\/25\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe\/ https:\/\/maeeshat.in\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe\/ https:\/\/gyanhigyan.com\/religion\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe-20231225160321\/cid13121631.htmhttps:\/\/gyanhigyan.com\/religion\/islamophobic-politics-amplified-in-europe-20231225160321\/cid13121631.htm Islamophobic politics Amplified in Europe Recent events and political upheavals in many European countries point to the increasing Islamophobic and anti-Islam right-wingers inching closer to power in these countries. 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