The Citizens' Movement Pax Europa (german: Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa, BPE) is a German

counter-jihad Counter-jihad, also spelled counterjihad and known as the counter-jihad movement, is a self-titled political current loosely consisting of authors, bloggers, think tanks, street movements and campaign organisations all linked by apocalyptic bel ...

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.

Activities

The group describes itself as a "human rights organisation" that stands for "freedom and democracy" against "Islamisation". It has lobbied at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), often represented by

Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff is an Austrian counter-jihad activist. Before she became involved in the counter-jihad movement, she held positions at the Austrian embassies in Kuwait and Libya, and in the Austrian ministry of foreign affairs. Biography ...

, and has cooperated with the

International Civil Liberties Alliance The International Civil Liberties Alliance (ICLA) is an international counter-jihad organization that was originally founded in 2006, and which has spanned over twenty countries. Central to the organization has been Edward S. May of the Gates of Vie ...

and the

Center for Security Policy The Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a US far-right, anti-Muslim, Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The organization's founder and current president is Frank Gaffney Jr. who is known for promoting falsehoods about former U.S. President B ...

of Frank Gaffney. René Stadtkewitz has been deputy chairman of the organisation, and its national secretary is Conny Axel Meier. The group has attempted to claim to have revived the anti-Nazi

White Rose The White Rose (german: Weiße Rose, ) was a Nonviolence, non-violent, intellectual German resistance to Nazism, resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students (and one professor) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, ...

resistance movement, and when Meier spoke at the 2012 international counter-jihad conference, he compared German Muslims to members of the Nazi Party. One former member of the White Rose, Susanne Hirzel, was actively involved in the BPE.

References

{{reflist Anti-Islam sentiment in Germany Counter-jihad