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| + | [[Kent Ekeroth]] is a [[counterjihad]] activist, twin brother of [[Ted Ekeroth]] and the International Secretary of the far-right [[Sweden Democrats]]<ref>[http://counterjihadeuropa.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/presentation-of-the-sweden-democrats.pdf Presentation of the Sweden Democrats (pdf)], Counterjihad Europa, accessed 4 October 2009.</ref> and a member of the Swedish parliament.<ref name="Local1">[http://www.thelocal.se/20131023/50950 Swedish magnates fund infamous 'hate site'], The Local, 23 October 2013, accessed 16 February 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==History== | ||
| + | ===Sacked for 'anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim propaganda'=== | ||
Ekeroth was sacked as an intern at the Swedish embassy in Tel Aviv in November 2006.<ref>Charlotte Halle, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=783409 Intern at Swedish mission sent home for spreading 'xenophobic propaganda'], haaretz.com, 3 November 2009.</ref> | Ekeroth was sacked as an intern at the Swedish embassy in Tel Aviv in November 2006.<ref>Charlotte Halle, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=783409 Intern at Swedish mission sent home for spreading 'xenophobic propaganda'], haaretz.com, 3 November 2009.</ref> | ||
| − | Ambassador Robert Rydberg told Haaretz: | + | Ambassador Robert Rydberg told ''Haaretz'': |
::"This is a very special case because of the fact that he had been active - especially on the Internet - using embassy computers to spread xenophobic, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim propaganda."<ref>Charlotte Halle, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=783409 Intern at Swedish mission sent home for spreading 'xenophobic propaganda'], haaretz.com, 3 November 2009.</ref> | ::"This is a very special case because of the fact that he had been active - especially on the Internet - using embassy computers to spread xenophobic, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim propaganda."<ref>Charlotte Halle, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=783409 Intern at Swedish mission sent home for spreading 'xenophobic propaganda'], haaretz.com, 3 November 2009.</ref> | ||
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::I did not distribute any kind of so-called "hate messages" as indicated by the article. My writing did not incite hate toward any group or individual.<ref>Kent Ekeroth, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=786229 Letters to the Editor / My firing was illegal], haaretz.com, 10 November 2006.</ref> | ::I did not distribute any kind of so-called "hate messages" as indicated by the article. My writing did not incite hate toward any group or individual.<ref>Kent Ekeroth, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=786229 Letters to the Editor / My firing was illegal], haaretz.com, 10 November 2006.</ref> | ||
| − | In September 2009, Ekeroth hosted a [[Sweden Democrats]] 'anti-Islamisation' seminar in Mälmo. Speakers included Jordanian journalist [[Ghada Hanna]], [[Mrutyuanjai Mishra]] from India and [[Alan Lake]] from the UK. Lake discussed how the counterjihad movement in England was building alliances with football supporters.<ref>Daniel Poohl, [http://www.expo.se/2009/48_2768.html Välbesökt SD-möte mot "islamisering"], Expo, 7 September 2009.</ref> | + | ==Activities== |
| + | ===Counterjihad links=== | ||
| + | In September 2009, Ekeroth hosted a [[Sweden Democrats]] 'anti-Islamisation' seminar in Mälmo. Speakers included Jordanian journalist [[Ghada Hanna]], [[Mrutyuanjai Mishra]] from India and [[Alan Lake]] from the UK. Lake, who has described Ekeroth as a 'good friend'<ref name="Barts"/>, discussed how the counterjihad movement in England was building alliances with football supporters.<ref>Daniel Poohl, [http://www.expo.se/2009/48_2768.html Välbesökt SD-möte mot "islamisering"], Expo, 7 September 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | In September 2011 Ekeroth attended a Berlin event in support of [[René Stadtkewitz]]'s new party [[Die Freiheit]], which was also attended by [[Geert Wilders]].<ref>Hope Not Hate [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/counter-jihad/country/Sweden#id-97 Kent Ekeroth], Counterjihad report: Sweden, accessed 16 February 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | ==='Ironbargate' scandal=== | ||
| + | In 2012, Ekeroth and two other Sweden Democrats MPs were caught up in a scandal dubbed 'ironbargate' after a video emerged which showed them telling the Swedish-Kurdish comedian Soran Ismail that Sweden was 'my country, not your country' in a threatening manner and arming themselves with metal bars.<ref name="JWS">Jake Wallis Simons, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10823028/EU-elections-2014-I-can-hear-the-boots-of-the-1930s-marching-through-Europe.html EU elections 2014: 'I can hear the boots of the 1930s marching through Europe'], Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2014</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Links to 'infamous hate site'=== | ||
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| + | Ekeroth reportedly registered the domain name for the website [[Avpixlat]], widely regarded as an anti-immigrant hate blog.<ref name="Local4">[http://www.thelocal.se/20120125/38708 Website touts ruse to turn in illegal immigrants], The Local, 25 January 2012</ref> According to Swedish newspaper ''Aftonbladet'' he also organised donations to the site, channeled via his bank account, and had editorial influence.<ref name="Local1"/><ref name="Local3">[http://www.thelocal.se/20130619/48582 Tax bill for politician's ties to far-right site], The Local, 19 June 2013</ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[Sweden Democrats]] | *[[Sweden Democrats]] | ||
| + | *[[Anti-Islamisation Foundation]] - runs this with his brother [[Ted Ekeroth]] | ||
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===Connections=== | ===Connections=== | ||
*[[Ted Ekeroth]] - brother | *[[Ted Ekeroth]] - brother | ||
| + | *[[Alan Ayling]] - 'good friend'<ref name="Barts">Richard Bartholomew, [http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/alan-lake-i-have-given-some-money-to-help-some-edl-things-happen/ Alan Lake: “I have given some money to help some EDL things happen”], Bartholomew's Notes on Religion, 10 April 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Contact== | ||
| + | :Website: [http://www.kentekeroth.se www.kentekeroth.se] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| − | [[Category:Sweden|Ekeroth, Ted]][[Category: | + | [[Category:Sweden|Ekeroth, Ted]] |
| + | [[Category:Counterjihad|Ekeroth, Kent]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Islam Critics|Ekeroth, Kent]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Counterjihad Funders|Ekeroth, Kent] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:19, 18 December 2015
Kent Ekeroth is a counterjihad activist, twin brother of Ted Ekeroth and the International Secretary of the far-right Sweden Democrats[1] and a member of the Swedish parliament.[2]
Contents
History
Sacked for 'anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim propaganda'
Ekeroth was sacked as an intern at the Swedish embassy in Tel Aviv in November 2006.[3]
Ambassador Robert Rydberg told Haaretz:
- "This is a very special case because of the fact that he had been active - especially on the Internet - using embassy computers to spread xenophobic, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim propaganda."[4]
Ekeroth disputed the ambassador's account responding:
- I did not distribute any kind of so-called "hate messages" as indicated by the article. My writing did not incite hate toward any group or individual.[5]
Activities
Counterjihad links
In September 2009, Ekeroth hosted a Sweden Democrats 'anti-Islamisation' seminar in Mälmo. Speakers included Jordanian journalist Ghada Hanna, Mrutyuanjai Mishra from India and Alan Lake from the UK. Lake, who has described Ekeroth as a 'good friend'[6], discussed how the counterjihad movement in England was building alliances with football supporters.[7]
In September 2011 Ekeroth attended a Berlin event in support of René Stadtkewitz's new party Die Freiheit, which was also attended by Geert Wilders.[8]
'Ironbargate' scandal
In 2012, Ekeroth and two other Sweden Democrats MPs were caught up in a scandal dubbed 'ironbargate' after a video emerged which showed them telling the Swedish-Kurdish comedian Soran Ismail that Sweden was 'my country, not your country' in a threatening manner and arming themselves with metal bars.[9]
Links to 'infamous hate site'
Ekeroth reportedly registered the domain name for the website Avpixlat, widely regarded as an anti-immigrant hate blog.[10] According to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet he also organised donations to the site, channeled via his bank account, and had editorial influence.[2][11]
Affiliations
- Sweden Democrats
- Anti-Islamisation Foundation - runs this with his brother Ted Ekeroth
Connections
- Ted Ekeroth - brother
- Alan Ayling - 'good friend'[6]
Contact
- Website: www.kentekeroth.se
Notes
- ↑ Presentation of the Sweden Democrats (pdf), Counterjihad Europa, accessed 4 October 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swedish magnates fund infamous 'hate site', The Local, 23 October 2013, accessed 16 February 2015.
- ↑ Charlotte Halle, Intern at Swedish mission sent home for spreading 'xenophobic propaganda', haaretz.com, 3 November 2009.
- ↑ Charlotte Halle, Intern at Swedish mission sent home for spreading 'xenophobic propaganda', haaretz.com, 3 November 2009.
- ↑ Kent Ekeroth, Letters to the Editor / My firing was illegal, haaretz.com, 10 November 2006.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Richard Bartholomew, Alan Lake: “I have given some money to help some EDL things happen”, Bartholomew's Notes on Religion, 10 April 2011.
- ↑ Daniel Poohl, Välbesökt SD-möte mot "islamisering", Expo, 7 September 2009.
- ↑ Hope Not Hate Kent Ekeroth, Counterjihad report: Sweden, accessed 16 February 2015
- ↑ Jake Wallis Simons, EU elections 2014: 'I can hear the boots of the 1930s marching through Europe', Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2014
- ↑ Website touts ruse to turn in illegal immigrants, The Local, 25 January 2012
- ↑ Tax bill for politician's ties to far-right site, The Local, 19 June 2013
[[Category:Counterjihad Funders|Ekeroth, Kent]
