Blu-News
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Blu-News Logo, circa 2012, Credit: http://www.citizentimes.eu/2012/01/30/neue-seite-blu-news-org-online/ Citizen Times
Blu-News is a German counterjihad news website.
History
It was founded in 2012 and is run by Christian Jung, a former official with the anti-Islam party Die Freiheit (Freedom), who reportedly describes it as an 'alternative medium with a politically incorrect and provocative voice.'[1]
In December 2014 Der Spiegel suggested that it is one of the most prominent websites in the 'nationalist conservative community'.[1]
Views
Noting that the site bills itself as 'middle-class, liberal and independent', Der Spiegel argues that 'this isn't an accurate reflection of reality'. Blu-News, the paper notes:
- characterizes the far-right group Hooligans Against Salafists as part of a new protest culture that is being "treated unfairly in the media" and...shows shock videos about Islamic State in which children are holding severed heads in their hands. The commentary reads: "It's the religion, nothing else. This hell cannot be explained without Islam."[1]
Affiliations
- Citizen Times - 'close links' [2]
People
Contact
- Website: www.blu-news.org/
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The End of Tolerance? Anti-Muslim Movement Rattles Germany, Spiegel Online, 21 December 2014, accessed 29 January 2015
- ↑ The Counterjihad Movement: the global trend feeding anti-Muslim hate, Hope Not Hate, 2011, p61.
