Austria's far-right Freedom Party sparked outrage by launching an online video game which allows players to shoot down minarets and muezzins calling for prayer. The game, called “Moschee Baba”, or “Bye Bye Mosque”, gives players 60 seconds to collect points by placing a target over cartoon mosques, minarets and Muslims and click a “Stop” sign.
A few weeks ago we asked if it is wrong to play as the Taliban? after Liam Fox got all haughty over the non-issue. This example of inciting racial hatred is yet another example of a blatant double standard that is beginning to garner mainstream support throughout Europe - with all of society's ills being blamed on Muslims and Islam.
The country that gave us Hitler is seeing a rise in support for the far-right, with the "Freedom Party" polling 17.5% of the vote at national level in 2008.
This is religious hatred and xenophobia beyond comparison.
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