Watchblog Against Hate

My blogger colleague Big Berta (in the non-virtual world she is a medical doctor in the German Army) has launched a new group blog Watchblog Islamophobie.  The blog is the brainchild of Arne Hoffmann, and is meant to combat the pernicious influence of popular – ostensibly "pro-American" – blogs such as Politically Incorrect. Here is the blog’s mission statement:

Mit unserem “Watchblog Islamophobie” führen wir ein Projekt als Multi-Autoren-Blog weiter, das der bekannte Autor Arne Hoffmann vor einigen Monaten begonnen hat.

Jetzt haben sich mehrere Gleichgesinnte zusammengeschlossen, um diesen Weg mit ihm gemeinsam zu gehen. Zunehmende Fremdenfeindlichkeit gegen Muslime, häufig geprägt von Klischees, Vorurteilen und modernen Mythen, macht es für uns notwendig, dagegen gebündelt die Stimme zu erheben.

(With our "Watchblog Islamophobie" we have created a multi-author-blog to continue the project started by the well-known author Arne Hoffman several months ago. Several like-minded individuals have come together to join him in his effort. Growing xenophobia and hostility towards Muslims – usually informed by clischees, prejudices and modern myths – has made it necessary for us to speak out with a common purpose.)

The initial posts are quite good, including a review of Murat Kurnaz’s book FIve Years of My Life  – recounting his time as a captive in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

Hopefully this new blog will generate as much traffic as PI, so that it too will be indexed by Google News. Non-German readers may want to check out the excellent blog Islamophobia Watch.