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Vlaams Belang Joins with BNP, Other Eurofascists in New Anti-Islam Group

Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 1:16:48 pm PST

Here we go again. Now the Belgian Vlaams Belang party is openly allying with the British National Party, in a new group opportunistically named “Cities against Islamisation.”

And remember: the BNP’s white supremacist leader Nick Griffin, a friend and ally of David Duke, has explicitly detailed their plan to attach themselves to the anti-jihadists, in order to gain political legitimacy.

Nice company that Gates of Vienna, the Center for Vigilant Freedom, Brussels Journal, Fjordman, and Atlas Shrugged are running with. Will they distance themselves from the Vlaams Belang now, or are they OK with the British National Party too?

If I had to predict, I’d bet they’ll be OK with the BNP. It’s easier after the first step.

SEVERAL European far-right parties announced a new organisation aimed at fighting the “Islamisation” of Europe.

The group dubbed “Cities against Islamisation” was presented to the media in the northern Belgian city of Antwerp by Filip Dewinter, head of the far-right Belgian party Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) along with Austrian FPOE leader Heinz-Christian Strace and Robert Spieler of the regionalist Alsace First group.

Parties from Britain (the British National Party), Denmark, Germany and Italy were also represented at the launch of the group which has a road-sign-style crossed-out mosque as its logo.

Thirty members of the new organisation then set off on a walk around areas of Antwerp with a high immigrant population.

(Hat tip: JammieWearingFool.)

UPDATE at 1/17/08 2:17:14 pm:

Photos from the press conference announcing the new group.

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#1 Sharmuta 1/17/08 1:19:13 pm 2

Birds of a feather..... but these birds remind me of the nasty little street rats- I mean pigeons.

#2 debutaunt 1/17/08 1:19:35 pm 0

30. Count them. 30. Bet everyone's scared.

#3 jemima 1/17/08 1:19:51 pm 0

Vlaams Belang--the European gateway drug

#4 Former SSG 1/17/08 1:20:26 pm 9

This is proof positive of "beware the company you keep." Good judgment on the part of the "big Kahuna" here.

#5 bulwrk 1/17/08 1:20:58 pm 1

I see this turning out badly for Europe.

#6 Occasional Reader 1/17/08 1:21:41 pm 10

This is absolute poison to anti-jihadism as a whole. "Oh, look, they're just a bunch of racists."

#7 konservo 1/17/08 1:22:00 pm 7

But they're pro-Israel! ! !

/

#8 Rodan 1/17/08 1:22:09 pm 0

Yup!
Fascists and Nazis versus Leftists and Muslims.
This would be a comedy if it was real.

#9 guftafs 1/17/08 1:22:23 pm 2

GoV, BJ, et al have to pretend everything's OK. Or pretend nothing just happened. Don't know which would be funnier: them backtracking or them keep up the charade.

#10 FreakyBoy 1/17/08 1:23:05 pm 2

Yeah, but it's only a really small percentage of anti-islamic Euro-fascists that give the others a bad name.

/sarc

#11 Tumulus11 1/17/08 1:23:10 pm 0
'The group dubbed 'Cities against Islamisation' was presented to the media in the northern Belgian city of Antwerp by Filip Dewinter, head of the far-right Belgian party Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) along with Austrian FPOE leader Heinz-Christian Strace and Robert Spieler of the regionalist Alsace First group.'


. 'Nazis against Islamisation' would be more accurate.

#12 JammieWearingFool 1/17/08 1:23:21 pm 10

Thanks for the HT, Charles.

#13 Sharmuta 1/17/08 1:24:46 pm 2

I wonder if this is the sign and German party of which they speak.

#14 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:25:15 pm 3
the launch of the group which has a road-sign-style crossed-out mosque as its logo


That symbol is going to be a problem. They've been using it for a while. If someone digs up a pitcure of Robert Spencer or Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaking with that symbol in the background their careers are finished. It's like being photographed with a swastika.

#15 LSD 1/17/08 1:25:18 pm 0

Somethings Rotten ...

#16 konservo 1/17/08 1:25:58 pm 7
Nice company that Gates of Vienna, the Center for Vigilant Freedom, Brussels Journal, Fjordman, and Atlas Shrugged are running with. Will they distance themselves from the Vlaams Belang now, or are they OK with the British National Party too?

Hmmm... IIRC, I remember some of these folks acknowledging that BNP was no good. But that was in the context of "it's not like the VB is the BNP." It will be interesting to see what they have to say for themselves now.

I don't really expect much, though.

#17 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:26:10 pm 0

re: #12 JammieWearingFool

Dingalink!
/WZ

#18 konservo 1/17/08 1:26:49 pm 0
re: #11 Tumulus11

'Nazis against Islamisation' would be more accurate.

LOL!

#19 JammieWearingFool 1/17/08 1:26:56 pm 1

How long until my HT gets dinged down?

/

#20 EtNorskTroll 1/17/08 1:28:23 pm 0

I wonder what B'at Yeor would have to say about this development.

I believe she attended a certain meeting with VB last year, didn't she?

In times past, she has spoken extensively about the threat of Islam to normal, civilized societies.

Anyone have a way to contact her and get a comment?

/just asking

~Norsk Troll

#21 Dianna 1/17/08 1:28:47 pm 3

That didn't take long, did it? It was what, three months ago that this all started, and VB couldn't even wait for the controversy to die down before aligning themselves, publicly, with the BNP.

This should be interesting to watch.

#22 song_and_dance_man 1/17/08 1:28:55 pm 0

The ignorant never learn stupid.

#23 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:29:04 pm 3

re: #13 Sharmuta

Yup, that's it. VB has been using that symbol for a while now.

#24 Sharmuta 1/17/08 1:30:05 pm 2

re: #23 Killgore Trout

That article even mentions VB, and that party is taking money from a Holocaust denier.

#25 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:30:13 pm 0

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

You've got one already.

#26 JammieWearingFool 1/17/08 1:31:35 pm 0

re: #25 Killgore Trout

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

You've got one already.

What the heck is an everlasting gobstopper? A VB supporter?

#27 Dianna 1/17/08 1:32:32 pm 0

Please excuse me. This looks like an interesting topic, but I'm too damn sick to sit up any longer.

Take care.

#28 konservo 1/17/08 1:32:54 pm 0
along with Austrian FPOE

Hmm... Is this the same as the FPÖ?

#29 song_and_dance_man 1/17/08 1:33:36 pm 0

re: #27 Dianna

Lord, help my sister in her ailment. Let it be so.

#30 nyc redneck 1/17/08 1:33:38 pm 1

re: #27 Dianna

Please excuse me. This looks like an interesting topic, but I'm too damn sick to sit up any longer.

Take care.

heck. thought you were feeling better.

#31 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:33:56 pm 0

re: #26 JammieWearingFool

I don't know.

#32 gman 1/17/08 1:34:49 pm 3
If I had to predict, I’d bet they’ll be OK with the BNP. It’s easier after the first step.

I bet they will side with them too, because it's too (gulp) difficult for them to swallow their pride and admit they were wrong.

#33 marwan's daughter 1/17/08 1:35:15 pm 0

So when the inevitable war on the European continent erupts, it will be fascist vs. fascist. Where does that leave moderates?

#34 obscured by clouds 1/17/08 1:35:24 pm 4

If these people have their way Europe would become "Balkanized" and it would only make matters much worse. I haven't really kept up with the whole Vlaams Belang party/BNP drama but I am rather surprised that Atlas Shrugged is (apparently) in cahoots with them.

I would imagine that the average life expectancy of anyone sporting the new logo (with the mosque being crossed out) would be about the same as a one-legged tight rope walker in all too many areas of Europe. Hell, I was wearing my arabic embroidered "infidel" t-shirt and was accosted in freakin' Harrodsburg, Kentucky by an Arab. True story.

#35 Sharmuta 1/17/08 1:35:44 pm 3

re: #28 konservo

along with Austrian FPOE

Hmm... Is this the same as the FPO?

Yes:

along with Austrian FPOE leader Heinz-Christian Strace

#36 Globular Cluster 1/17/08 1:35:47 pm 0

An excellent documentary on the BNP, called "Young, Nazi and Proud", produced in the UK, can be downloaded here:

[Link: www.mininova.org...]

Worth watching.

#37 Dianna 1/17/08 1:35:50 pm 1

re: #30 nyc redneck

So did I. I'm not.

I'm home. I slept until 12, got up and walked the dogs, read some LGF, and now I'm falling over.

Presently, I'm trying to get the energy to walk up the stairs to bed.

#38 song_and_dance_man 1/17/08 1:36:12 pm 0

re: #26 JammieWearingFool

re: #25 Killgore Trout

re: #19 JammieWearingFool

You've got one already.

What the heck is an everlasting gobstopper? A VB supporter?

A brat that is giving what they want.

Compassionate Conservatism Rules.

#39 Ringo the Gringo 1/17/08 1:36:46 pm 1

Europe is in big trouble. On the one hand you have the various neo-fascist groups mentioned above, and on the other hand you have the utterly naive Alliance of Civilizations which is trying to find a compromise between Islam and the West.

Either way the future looks pretty bleak for freedom in Europe.

#40 Rodan 1/17/08 1:37:00 pm 0

re: #35 Sharmuta

They can all kill each other these Nazi/Fasciosts and Leftist/Islamists.
I detest both camps!

#42 TimK 1/17/08 1:37:44 pm 0

I appreciate your stand Charles, but since the Liberal elites are/have been ignoring the problem these Facists are the only game in town. There is a crying need for a more reasonable front group to stand up against Islamism.

#43 EtNorskTroll 1/17/08 1:37:50 pm -2

I happened to be in a coffee house the other day. I'm looking up from my cup of mud and see an elderly man across the room. He looks exactly like Adolph Hitler!

I walked over to him and said: "Excuse me, sir, but I couldn't help your resemblance to Adolph Hitler...all the way down to your mustache."

"I am Hitler", he replied.

I was astonished.

"What are you doing here in my country?", I asked.

"I'm here to kill 10 million Jews and 15 circus clowns", he replied coolly.

"15 circus clowns? Why do you want to kill 15 circus clowns?", I asked in amazement.

"See? There you go!", he said, condescendingly "Nobody cares about the Jews!"

~ENT

#44 konservo 1/17/08 1:37:58 pm 2

re: #9 guftafs

GoV, BJ, et al have to pretend everything's OK. Or pretend nothing just happened. Don't know which would be funnier: them backtracking or them keep up the charade.

I think it would be good if they admitted they were wrong, and an apology to Charles and LGF would be nice too, but acknowledging reality seems like the first step.

#45 Rodan 1/17/08 1:39:40 pm 2

re: #44 konservo

They won't.
They made their bed and now they'll sleep.
Nazis and Fascists are just as bad as Leftists and Islamists.
They're all Totalitarian jerks!

#46 song_and_dance_man 1/17/08 1:40:26 pm 0

re: #44 konservo

re: #9 guftafs

GoV, BJ, et al have to pretend everything's OK. Or pretend nothing just happened. Don't know which would be funnier: them backtracking or them keep up the charade.

I think it would be good if they admitted they were wrong, and an apology to Charles and LGF would be nice too, but acknowledging reality seems like the first step.

And the wheels of the apple cart are alright?

#47 konservo 1/17/08 1:41:05 pm 0

re: #35 Sharmuta

Thanks.

I figured, one of DeWinter's heroes was Jörg Haider

#48 coquimbojoe 1/17/08 1:41:06 pm 2

Good luck with that. Just don't try to attach yourself to other movements trying to keep Islam from ruling all. Also, understand your racism makes you easily ignorable.

#49 Pope Urban 1/17/08 1:41:22 pm 0

Arn't they the military wing of the same group that gives candy from the charity wing of the group thats forming the political wing of the anti-jihadi movement?

/just asking

gwG

#50 Rodan 1/17/08 1:42:28 pm 0

re: #47 konservo

Haider was buddies wuith Hussein.
He also admires Iran.

#51 Iron Fist 1/17/08 1:42:48 pm 0

re: #33 marwan's daughter,

That is kind of the way WWI was. It was basically Imperialists vs. Imperialists ove third world spoils. Lovely.

#52 Globular Cluster 1/17/08 1:43:01 pm 2

Charles,

The documentary "Young, Nazi, and Proud" can be found already streaming at google video:

[Link: video.google.com...]

#53 Sharmuta 1/17/08 1:43:12 pm 2

re: #47 konservo

It's like a racist fraternity- they're all in with each other.

#54 Christoph 1/17/08 1:43:37 pm 0

Atlas Shrugs has this on their website now:

"Jerusalem is Jewish. It is ours. End of story. Israel stand up!"

...

"DON'T BELIEVE YOUR LYING EYES
BELIEVE OUR MUSLIM LIES"

Just sayin'.

#55 guftafs 1/17/08 1:44:05 pm 0

re: #44 konservo

re: #45 Rodan

Them acknowledging facts is a flying-pigs moment. I will be very surprised if they do.

#56 Rodan 1/17/08 1:44:09 pm 2

re: #53 Sharmuta

Yeah, the weird part is the Euro-Nazis are Anti-Islamist.
The AMerican Nazis are Pro-Islamist.
They have their feet in both camps.
Something is up and doesn't smell right.

#57 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:45:29 pm 0

Good one. How recent is that?

#58 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:46:36 pm 0

re: #52 Globular Cluster

Please add that to the spinoffs.

#59 Ringo the Gringo 1/17/08 1:47:51 pm 0

What ever became of Ed the weatherman?

I noticed he disappeared shortly after this Vlaams Belang imbroglio started.

#60 so.cal.swede 1/17/08 1:48:17 pm 0

I can't find any source to this article, and i can't find anything about this group "cities against islamisation" ...


48h?

#61 Jonas Parker 1/17/08 1:48:51 pm -1

Remember the old adage, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"...

#62 jcm 1/17/08 1:49:34 pm 0

re: #59 Ringo the Gringo

What ever became of Ed the weatherman?

I noticed he disappeared shortly after this Vlaams Belang imbroglio started.

He was stabbing Charles in the back.

#63 Alouette 1/17/08 1:49:43 pm 1

Oh goody, a fight to the death between Euro-fascists and Islamo-fascists.

I hope they both win!

#64 Athos 1/17/08 1:50:00 pm 2

re: #54 Christoph

Pamela hates so much that she really doesn't care with whom she will ally with against the islamofascists. So, she allies with Eurofascists.

#65 gman 1/17/08 1:50:32 pm 0

Does anyone have the names of the other parties in this group?

I'm wondering if Dansk Folkeparti has joined up as well?

#66 Athos 1/17/08 1:50:38 pm 3

re: #61 Jonas Parker

Remember the old adage, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"...

Sorry - doesn't fly when dealing with these groups.

#67 so.cal.swede 1/17/08 1:50:55 pm 0

Charles,

I don't think Cities against islamisation is a "group" it seems to have been a protest march in Antwerp...

#68 Dirk Diggler 1/17/08 1:50:59 pm 0

Ringo the Gringo,

What ever became of Ed the weatherman?

I noticed he disappeared shortly after this Vlaams Belang imbroglio started.



Ed was banned shortly before Thanksgiving.

#69 konservo 1/17/08 1:51:27 pm 1

re: #50 Rodan

re: #47 konservo

Haider was buddies wuith Hussein.
He also admires Iran.

Yeah, he's just like the rest of the opportunistic Jew-haters.

#70 Sharmuta 1/17/08 1:51:40 pm 1

re: #56 Rodan

Well- the euro-nazis are trying to piggy-back onto the counter-jihad.

#71 konservo 1/17/08 1:52:23 pm 4

re: #63 Alouette

Oh goody, a fight to the death between Euro-fascists and Islamo-fascists.

I hope they both win!

LOL! I hope they both lose!

#72 chinesearithmetic 1/17/08 1:53:08 pm 0

A supergroup, like Blind Faith.

#73 Ringo the Gringo 1/17/08 1:53:20 pm 1

re: #62 jcm

Well, living in southern California, Charles has no need for a weatherman anyhow...especially a back-stabbing weatherman.

#74 Globular Cluster 1/17/08 1:53:43 pm 0

re: #58 Killgore Trout

Done

#75 Athos 1/17/08 1:53:45 pm 1

re: #70 Sharmuta

re: #56 Rodan

Well- the euro-nazis are trying to piggy-back onto the counter-jihad.

They seek respectability via association - we obtain respectability by our disassociation from those groups.

#76 eastvillageinfidel 1/17/08 1:54:08 pm 1

This is a very interesting development. I, for one, can't wait to see how all those gutless, principle-free assholes that trashed us spin it.

#77 Jonas Parker 1/17/08 1:54:16 pm -1

re: #71 konservo

re: #63 Alouette

Oh goody, a fight to the death between Euro-fascists and Islamo-fascists.

I hope they both win!

LOL! I hope they both lose!

As long as they just kill each other, who gives a rat's fanny?

#78 Rodan 1/17/08 1:54:18 pm 0

re: #71 konservo
That'll be the Euro civil war, Nazis/Fascists vs. Islamists/Leftists.
It will bloody and Europe will lose at the end.

#79 Killgore Trout 1/17/08 1:54:54 pm 1

re: #67 so.cal.swede

SEVERAL European far-right parties announced a new organisation aimed at fighting the "Islamisation" of Europe.