Citizens' Movement Pax Europa

The Citizens' Movement Pax Europa (German: Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa, BPE) is a German counter-jihad group that was formed in 2008 from the merger of two previous groups, the Federal Association of Citizens' Movements (German: Bundesverband der Bürgerbewegungen, BDB) formed in 2003, and Pax Europa formed in 2006.[1]

Activities

The group describes itself as a "human rights organisation" that stands for "freedom and democracy" against "Islamisation".[2] It has lobbied at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), often represented by Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, and has cooperated with the International Civil Liberties Alliance and the Center for Security Policy of Frank Gaffney.[2] René Stadtkewitz has been deputy chairman of the organisation, and its national secretary is Conny Axel Meier.[2] The group has attempted to claim to have revived the anti-Nazi White Rose resistance movement, and when Meier spoke at the 2012 international counter-jihad conference, he compared German Muslims to members of the Nazi Party.[2] One former member of the White Rose, Susanne Hirzel, was actively involved in the BPE.[3][4]

References
  1. Berntzen, Lars Erik (2019). Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism: The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century. Routledge. p. 91. ISBN 9781000707960.
  2. Aked, H.; Jones, M.; Miller, D. (2019). "Islamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right 'counter-jihad' movement" (PDF). Spinwatch Public Interest Investigations. University of Bristol: 32-35.
  3. D. L. Adams (October 2009). "The White Rose: An Interview with Mrs. Susanne Zeller–Hirzel". New English Review. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Die "Weiße Rose" und der Counter-Jihad" [The "White Rose" and the Counter-Jihad]. BPE. 8 October 2009.
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