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01 January 2009

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Monitor Racisme & Extremisme. Achtste rapportage. Anne Frank Stichting, University of Leiden, 2008, ISBN: 978-90-8555-004-4, pp 304. The Dutch Racism & Extremism Monitor finds that Islamophobia has grown considerably in the past year in the Netherlands, not only in terms of negative public opinion but also in terms of the increased violence directed at this community and the growing tendency to turn a blind eye to crimes of expression aimed at them. It finds the right-wing extremist landscape in the Netherlands has undergone drastic change in recent years, caused not only by the sharp increase in extreme rightwing street activism but also by the public stance taken by the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV). According to the study, the PVV can be called an extreme right-wing party, a claim that triggered much public debate. The balance between the freedom of expression and protection against discrimination has become disrupted by a changing political climate says the report, where the former is justifying or denying side-effects of counterterrorism and radicalisation policy: (Dutch) http://www.annefrank.org/upload/Downloads/Monitor2008- 8.pdf

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