Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in Serbia’s right-wing extremism

V zadnjem desetletju se je desničarski ekstremizem v svetu močno razmahnil. Srbija ni odstopala od tega prevladujočega vzorca, čeprav je konec osemdesetih in v devetdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja ob počasnem in bolečem razpadu Jugoslavije prišlo do oživitve skrajnega nacionalizma. Povojna Srbija je v prvem desetletju leta 2000 doživela politično in gospodarsko “tranzicijo”. Z drugimi besedami, obdobje po Miloševiću so zaznamovale demokratične in neoliberalne gospodarske reforme. Vendar se je to obdobje izkazalo tudi za plodno za oživitev fašističnih in nacističnih ideologij. Čeprav ima sodobna skrajna desnica korenine v fašizmu in nacizmu z začetka dvajsetega stoletja, se je njena ideologija preoblikovala, da bi se prilagodila sedanjim političnim in gospodarskim izzivom. Najpomembnejša elementa ideologije skrajne desnice sta islamofobija in antisemitizem. Antisemitski in islamofobični izrazi srbskih skrajno desničarskih organizacij imajo številne podobnosti z izrazi evropskih skrajno desničarskih organizacij. Hkrati pa srbska skrajna desnica izkazuje posebne značilnosti, po katerih se razlikuje od drugih evropskih skrajno desničarskih organizacij.In the last decade right-wing extremism has experienced a surge in prominence globally. Serbia has not deviated from this prevailing pattern even though Serbia experienced revival of extreme nationalism in the late 1980s and 1990s with the slow and painful dissolution of Yugoslavia. Post-war Serbia experienced political and economic ‘transition’ during the first decade of the 2000s. In other terms, the post-Miloševic era was marked by democratic and neoliberal economic reforms. However, this period proved to be also fruitful for a revival of fascist and Nazi ideologies. Although the contemporary extreme right has roots in fascism and Nazism of the early twentieth century, its ideology has morphed to accommodate present political and economic challenges. The most important elements of the extreme right ideology are Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitic and Islamophobic expressions of Serbian extreme right organizations share numerous similarities with those of European extreme right organizations. Simultaneously, Serbian extreme right exhibits distinctive characteristics that set them apart from other European extreme right organizations