The so-called Islamic Threat to Europe: By the Numbers-by Krisoffer Larsson
While America is the Western country most succumbed to the fear of Islamism, things aren't much better in Europe. Its media is highly Americanised and thus eager to reiterate U.S. governmental positions towards the non-Western world. Islamic terrorism is subsequently a theme close to the hearts of European journalists as well.
The European Police Office (Europol) released its first report on terrorism in the EU recently. In fact, to our best knowledge, not a single newspaper or news-channel has paid any attention to it whatsoever.
The report noted: There were 498 incidents in eleven EU countries last year labelled as "terrorist attacks." Of these the Basque separatist group ETA was responsible for 136 and the only deadly attack, killing two in Madrid. The remaining 497 fortunately cost no human lives. How did the so-called Islamic Terrorists rank in this report? Considering the perpetual warnings in our daily papers, the findings in the Europol report is, to say the least, surprising. The truth is that Islamists only carried out one out of the 498 terrorist attacks in the European Union in 2006.
In plain English: Muslims are a group causing very little terrorism in Europe, while at the same time much more likely to be arrested on suspicion of it. The constant media coverage of Muslims being arrested creates the false image of a serious threat and is in support of Washington polies.
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