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{{Short description|Far-right anti-Islam movement}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
'''Counter-[[jihad]]''', also known as the '''counter-jihad movement''',<ref name="CJM">{{cite journal|title=Why we fight: Understanding the counter-jihad movement|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|journal=Religion Compass|volume=10|issue=10|quote=The clearest case of violence linked to the CJM is that of Anders Breivik; the commonalities between Breivik and the CJM have been noted by several writers (Kundnani, 2012: 4; Jackson, 2013; Meleagrou-Hitchens & Brun, 2013:2; Goodwin, 2013: 4; Titley, 2013).}}</ref> is a self-titled political current loosely consisting of authors, bloggers, [[think tanks]], street movements and so on linked by beliefs that view [[Islam]] not as a religion but as an ideology that constitutes an existential threat to [[Western culture|Western civilization]]. Consequently, counter-jihadists consider all Muslims as a potential threat, especially when they are already living within Western boundaries.<ref name="Zúquete 2018">{{cite book | last=Zúquete | first=José | title=The Identitarians: The Movement against Globalism and Islam in Europe | publisher=University of Notre Dame Press | year=2018 | isbn=9780268104214 | oclc=1055656293 | pages=169–170}}</ref> Western Muslims accordingly are portrayed as a "[[fifth column]]", collectively seeking to destabilize Western nations' identity and values for the benefit of an international Islamic movement intent on the establishment of a [[caliphate]] in Western countries.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Akbarzadeh |first1=Shahram |last2=Roose |first2=Joshua M. |title=Muslims, Multiculturalism and the Question of the Silent Majority |journal=Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs |date=September 2011 |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=309–325 |doi=10.1080/13602004.2011.599540|s2cid=145595802 }}</ref>{{sfn|Lee|2015}} The counter-jihad movement has been variously described as [[Criticism of Islam|anti-Islamic]],<ref name="svd.se">
{{Cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/understrecket/diffus-rorelse-med-muslimer-som-hatobjekt_6364272.svd|title=Diffus rörelse med muslimer som hatobjekt|work=Svenska Dagbladet|date=3 August 2011|access-date=6 August 2011|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105150636/http://www.svd.se/kultur/understrecket/diffus-rorelse-med-muslimer-som-hatobjekt_6364272.svd|archive-date=5 November 2011|url-status=live}}
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