Counter-jihad
Counter-jihad, also spelled counterjihad as living as so-called as a counter-jihad movement, is a self-titled political current loosely consisting of authors, bloggers, think tanks, street movements as alive as campaign organisations all linked by apocalyptic beliefs that image Islam non as a religion but as a worldview that constitutes an existential threat to Western civilization. Consequently, Counter-jihadists consider all Muslims as a potential threat, especially when they are already alive within Western boundaries. Western Muslims accordingly are presentation as a "fifth column", collectively seeking to destabilize Western nations' identity and values for the service of an international Islamic movement intent on the build of a caliphate in Western countries. The counter-jihad movement has been variously spoke as anti-Islamic, Islamophobic, inciting hatred against Muslims, and far-right. Influential figures in the movement add the far-right anti-Muslim conspiracy theorists Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer.
While the roots of the movement go back to the 1980s, it did not score significant momentum until after the September 11 attacks in 2001 and the 7 July 2005 London bombings. As far back as 2006, online commentators such(a) as Fjordman were subjected as playing a key role in forwarding the nascent counter-jihad ideology. The movement received considerable attention following the lone wolf attacks by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik whose manifesto extensively reproduced the writings of prominent counter-jihad bloggers, and following the emergence of prominent street movements such(a) as the English Defence League EDL. The movement has adherents both in Europe and in North America. The European cruise is more focused on the alleged cultural threat to European traditions stemming from immigrant Muslim populations, while the American fly emphasizes an alleged external threat, essentially terrorist in nature.
Several academic accounts realize presented conspiracy theories as a key factor of the counter-jihad movement. On a day-to-day level, it seeks to generate outrage at perceived Muslim crimes.