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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear members of the list,</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the WTC and
the Pentagon, the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
(EUMC) in Vienna, an advisory body and documentation centre of the EU on matters
related to racism, requested its member countries to provide an immediate
report on incidences of islamophobia in politics, media as well
as on the public behaviour towards the Muslim minorities. A
full version of this reporting is available at <A
href="http://www.eumc.eu.int">www.eumc.eu.int</A> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Although an inconclusive and perhaps an incommensurable in its
nature, the trends of anti-Muslim sentiment at the national level are quite
obvious in the report: Denmark, against the expectation at the world at
large, once again, appears as the most racist member of the European
Community. The Danish rapporteur, anthropologist, Dr. Peter Hervik,
concedes that the situation in Denmark is much worse than in Austria
- a country usually associated with new-racism and
anti-semitism. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>What might perhaps be more interesting for the
researchers or academics working with issues on mass media and racism is the
fact that the free press of Denmark has kept a tight gate-keeping on
the news. The greater section of the mass media, including
public-service, and especially the national channel TV-2, are more
busy with Muslim-bashing than to stick with their professional standards of fair
reporting on newsworthy events and trends in the society.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Anyhow, the subtle propaganda against the Muslim
minorities by the influential part of the Danish mass media is not something new
in this country and can not be indebted to the September the 11th alone - a
fact which the above-mentioned report has also
indicated about. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Mustafa Hussain </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>( sociologist and researcher on ethnic
relations)<BR>Knastebakken 151.1.<BR>DK-2750 Ballerup, Danmark<BR>tlf. +45
44660171;<BR>+45 51539889</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>