Germany's far-right turns to Orientalist imagery that shows Muslims as sex slave merchants to win votes for the upcoming European Parliament elections
In this Sunday, Sept 18, 2016 file photo, people take part in a demonstration in the east German city of Bautzen, after clashes between far-right protesters and migrants. The use of the term ‘Eurabia’ mimics the rhetoric of Islamophobic activists, including Norwegian terrorist, Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 civilians, mostly children and teenagers, in Norway in 2011.
Germany’s far-right argue that this current ‘invasion’ is a continuation of previous historic conflicts between Islam and Christendom.Right-wing demonstrators hold a sign"Rapefugees not welcome - !Stay away!" and a sign with a crossed out mosque as they march in Cologne, Germany. “The Slave Market”, comes from a school of art closely associated with European attempts to colonise Muslim lands.
European orientalist painters were known for their surreal, mythical interpretations of the “Orient” - and of its strange, sensual, erotic, and mysterious character. The imagery depicted was more often than not, a reflection of aBut for far-right activists, they serve as warning letters from history.
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