European Monitoring Center for Racism and Xenophobia
The European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC ) was an independent agency of the European Union based in Vienna . The agency should collect objective, comparable and reliable data at European level with the aim of preventing and combating racism and xenophobia . With the EU Council Regulation 168/2007 of 15 February 2007, the EUMC was approved by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights replaced (FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights) with a thematically extended mandate.
Predecessor organization
The predecessor organization was the Commission against Racism and Xenophobia (CRX, Commission against Racism and Xenophobia ) created in 1995 , which was also known as the Kahn Commission. The EUMC itself was created on the basis of the EU Council Regulation (EC) 1035/97 of June 2, 1997 and started its work in July 1998.
2003 anti-Semitism study
In 2003 the EUMC published the study Phenomena of Anti-Semitism in the EU 2002-2003 . The study shows the increasing attacks on Jewish shops, synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and Jews themselves. The countries with the most anti-Semitic attacks were Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Over the final version of the study, there was a dispute between the authors and the EUMC, which commissioned it, over the meaning of Muslim anti-Semitism. A new study has been commissioned.
Report on Islamophobia in the EU after September 11th
The largest project in the history of the EUMC was undertaken on fear of Islam following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks .
A summary study was published in May 2002 out of a total of 75 reports - 5 for each EU Member State.
According to the study, Muslims occasionally face abusive and sometimes violent reactions. The main message of the study is that, despite differences in the member states, all Muslims are held responsible for the 9/11 attacks. This manifests itself through various acts such as spitting on Muslim men and women, tearing off headscarves and insulting children, women and men.
The portrayal of Muslims in the media was also examined. Some media try to pinpoint the difference between Islamist terrorists and normal Muslims, but not all. The role of politicians and other opinion leaders was also examined. Most politicians immediately stressed the need to distinguish between terrorists and Muslims. Some countries, for example Portugal, found it more important to show compassion for the victims than to be considerate of the feelings of the Muslim population.
In conclusion, the study finds that there is a greater receptiveness to anti-Muslim and other xenophobic ideas than before September 11, 2001.
See also
Web links
- European Monitoring Center for Racism and Xenophobia on the European Union's website
- Not good news. The dispute over the unpublished EU study on anti-Semitism , Jungle World, 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ No good news. In: jungle-world.com. December 10, 2003, accessed August 7, 2017 .