AFS Monitor Racisme en Extreem-rechts CAHIER

The terrorist attacks in the United States 11 september 2001 are more than two years after the event is still fresh in the memory. Immediately after these attacks occurred in our country numerous hostile inci dents of which were directed against Muslims and property of Muslims. These events ranged from harassment and verbal abuse to arson and vandalism. The brief, but intense sequence of violence after 11 September was canned determines the racist violence in the year 2001. Just About 60% of the total number of violent incidents in the year 2001 took place after 11 september. An important event in the year 2002 the murder of the politician Pim Fortuyn was 6 May. After the attack, there were numerous expressions of racism and Dutch standards unprecedented number of threats directed at politicians. In the course of the year was even mention of a 'culture of threats' that would have been. For some time, attempts to gain systematic insight into the problem of racist and extreme right violent incidents, in particular through the research Monitoring racism and the extreme right, carried out by the Anne Frank Foundation and Leiden University. In the fifth report - released in January 2003 - Particular were violent incidents in the year 2001 examined.

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