European Judeofascism --an update:
LIFE ON THE FRONTLINES
In Antwerp, the far right is facing off against muslims. Who's winning? BY VIVIENNE WALT
Posted Sunday, February 20, 2005; 12.03 GMT
Along the windswept sidewalk of Hollandstraat in Antwerp North, the half-built shell of what was meant to be the neighborhood’s first official mosque is boarded up, with only the stumps of two unfinished minarets poking above the construction site’s walls. Work was shut down more than a year ago, thanks to a stop-the-mosque campaign orchestrated by Filip Dewinter, the leader of Belgium's far-right Vlaams Belang party; non-Muslim residents protested against it and lawyers acting for anti-immigrant groups sued its builders for fire-code violations. “Look at this,” says Dewinter now, waving a dismissive hand at the mosque's shell. “It's just a few doors from the church.”
As he strolls through Antwerp North, a residential area on the edge of town, Dewinter, 42, is soon recognized; African men and Muslim women in head scarves yell "Racist!" at him as he passes. Africans began moving into Antwerp North about 10 years ago, and white residents were soon fleeing to the suburbs. Today, the streets are dotted with stores offering ethnic food and cut-rate telephone calls to Rwanda. But even here Dewinter has his supporters. Spotting him from the window of her apartment, one Belgian woman leans out and shouts: "You're doing great things, Dewinter. Keep it up!"
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