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Politically Incorrect
Type of site	Political blog
Available in	German and English
Owner	Unknown
Created by	Stefan Herre
URL	www.pi-news.net (German)
Commercial	No
Launched	November 11, 2004
Current status	Online

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Politically Incorrect (commonly abbreviated PI) is a mainly German-language counter-jihad^[2] political blog which focuses on topics related to immigration, multiculturalism, and Islam in Germany and Western societies. A condensed version of the weblog is available in English.^[3] The blog is one of Germany's oldest far-right sites.^[4] Much of its content is Islamophobic.^[5]^[6]

PI's self-declared goal is to bring news to a wider public attention which it perceives to be ignored or suppressed in what PI declared as "the mainstream media" due to a pervading "leftist political correctness".^[7] The site has no imprint or legal details; the editors and authors are disguised.

According to Der Spiegel, as of April 2021, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz) classifies PI as "verified as extremistic" („erwiesen extremistisch") and surveils PI-affiliated activists.^[4] The blog's local news bureau in Bavaria has been investigated by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution.^[8]

History

Politically Incorrect was founded in 2004, soon after the re-election of George W. Bush, by a German teacher named Stefan Herre "to do something against Anti-Americanism"; its popularity surged in the wake of the Muhammad cartoons controversy the following year.^[5] Herre participated in a 2007 international counter-jihad conference in Brussels,^[9] and has been on the board of advisors of Stop Islamization of Nations (SION).^[10] It is one of the most successful German blogs,^[5]^[6] receiving several tens of thousand visitors each day and ranking among the thousand biggest German websites in terms of traffic.^[11] The site ranked ninth in March 2013 among German blogs in terms of public resonance in virtual social networks.^[12] The blog is interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments within a certain time limit.

Reception

The blog has been widely criticized by German media for inciting Islamophobia and equating Islam as a whole with Islamic extremism.^[5]^[6] The blog's internet shop sells items with the slogan "Islamophobic and proud of it".^[5] Herre says his Islamophobia is without shame: "Phobia is fear, and I'm afraid of Islam."^[5]

The SPD politician Sebastian Edathy, a spokesman for the party on interior affairs, views Politically Incorrect as a vehicle of right-wing populist agitation.^[13] It is not observed, however, by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution which sees it as differing from right-wing extremism in its support of a democratic order and basic rights, as well as its pro-Israel stance.^[5]^[14] Even so, the Munich local group which cooperates with the German Freedom Party is monitored by the Bavarian branch of the office since April 2013.^[8]

References

^ "Factsheet: PI-News". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. 22 August 2019.
^ Lee, Benjamin (4 September 2015). "A Day in the "Swamp": Understanding Discourse in the Online Counter-Jihad Nebula" (PDF). Democracy and Security. 11 (3): 248–274. doi:10.1080/17419166.2015.1067612. S2CID 62841363.
^ "PI English". Politically Incorrect. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b Wiedmann-Schmidt, Wolf (29 April 2021). "Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft islamfeindlichen Blog »PI-News" als "erwiesen extremistisch« ein". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Reinle, Dominik (17 December 2007). "Angst vor dem Islam – und stolz darauf". WDR (in German). Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Niggemeier, Stefan (25 October 2007). "Freier Hass für freie Bürger". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^ "About us". Politically Incorrect. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Verfassungsschutz beobachtet Die Freiheit und "PI"". Hamburger Abendblatt. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ "Facstsheet: Counter-Jihad movement". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. 17 September 2020.
^ "Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) Calls on UN to Protect Christians of Syria". Press Release from PR Newswire. Reuters. 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ "Pi-news.net Site info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^ "Deutsche Blogcharts für den März 2013". Deutsche Blogcharts. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
^ Edathy, Sebastian; Sommer, Bernd (2009): "Die zwei Gesichter des Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland. Themen, Machtpotentiale und Mobilisierungsressourcen der extremen Rechten", in: Braun, Stephan; Geisler, Alexander; Gerster, Martin (eds.): Strategien der extremen Rechten. Hintergründe, Analysen, Antworten, VS Verlag, ISBN 3-531-15911-9, pp. 53–54
^ Rath, Christian (26 July 2011). "Nicht einheitlich verfassungswidrig". TAZ. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

External links

Politically Incorrect (in German)

[1] "Factsheet: PI-News". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. 22 August 2019.

[2] Lee, Benjamin (4 September 2015). "A Day in the "Swamp": Understanding Discourse in the Online Counter-Jihad Nebula" (PDF). Democracy and Security. 11 (3): 248–274. doi:10.1080/17419166.2015.1067612. S2CID 62841363.

[3] "PI English". Politically Incorrect. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

[:0-4] Wiedmann-Schmidt, Wolf (29 April 2021). "Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft islamfeindlichen Blog »PI-News" als "erwiesen extremistisch« ein". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[WDR,_17_December_2007-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Reinle, Dominik (17 December 2007). "Angst vor dem Islam – und stolz darauf". WDR (in German). Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.

[FAZ-6] Niggemeier, Stefan (25 October 2007). "Freier Hass für freie Bürger". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

[7] "About us". Politically Incorrect. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

[Abendblatt,_12_April_2013-8] "Verfassungsschutz beobachtet Die Freiheit und "PI"". Hamburger Abendblatt. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

[9] "Facstsheet: Counter-Jihad movement". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. 17 September 2020.

[2012-01-20_Reuters-10] "Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) Calls on UN to Protect Christians of Syria". Press Release from PR Newswire. Reuters. 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[Alexa-11] "Pi-news.net Site info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

[12] "Deutsche Blogcharts für den März 2013". Deutsche Blogcharts. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

[13] Edathy, Sebastian; Sommer, Bernd (2009): "Die zwei Gesichter des Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland. Themen, Machtpotentiale und Mobilisierungsressourcen der extremen Rechten", in: Braun, Stephan; Geisler, Alexander; Gerster, Martin (eds.): Strategien der extremen Rechten. Hintergründe, Analysen, Antworten, VS Verlag, ISBN 3-531-15911-9, pp. 53–54

[14] Rath, Christian (26 July 2011). "Nicht einheitlich verfassungswidrig". TAZ. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

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-'''''Politically Incorrect''''' (commonly abbreviated '''PI''') is a mainly [[German-language]] [[counter-jihad]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Benjamin|title=A Day in the "Swamp": Understanding Discourse in the Online Counter-Jihad Nebula|journal=Democracy and Security|date=4 September 2015|volume=11|issue=3|pages=248–274|doi=10.1080/17419166.2015.1067612|s2cid=62841363 |url=https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/78286/1/a_day_in_the_swamp_author_sub.pdf}}</ref> [[political blog]] which focuses on topics related to [[immigration]], [[multiculturalism]], and [[Islam]] in [[Germany]] and [[Western culture|Western]] societies. A condensed version of the weblog is available in [[English language|English]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pi-news.org/ |title=PI English |publisher=Politically Incorrect |accessdate=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726114447/http://www.pi-news.org/ |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The blog is one of the oldest German far-right sites, which has been spreading [[hate speech]] against Muslims and migrants in Germany.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Wiedmann-Schmidt|first=Wolf|date=2021-04-29|title=Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft islamfeindlichen Blog »PI-News" als "erwiesen extremistisch« ein|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/pi-news-bundesamt-fuer-verfassungsschutz-stuft-islamfeindlichen-blog-als-erwiesen-extremistisch-ein-a-e2995ba3-0002-0001-0000-000177330635|access-date=2021-12-27|issn=2195-1349}}</ref> The content is amplifying the [[Islamophobia|fear of Islam]].<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007" /><ref name="FAZ" />
+'''''Politically Incorrect''''' (commonly abbreviated '''PI''') is a mainly German-language [[counter-jihad]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Benjamin|title=A Day in the "Swamp": Understanding Discourse in the Online Counter-Jihad Nebula|journal=Democracy and Security|date=4 September 2015|volume=11|issue=3|pages=248–274|doi=10.1080/17419166.2015.1067612|s2cid=62841363 |url=https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/78286/1/a_day_in_the_swamp_author_sub.pdf}}</ref> [[political blog]] which focuses on topics related to [[immigration]], [[multiculturalism]], and [[Islam]] in Germany and Western societies. A condensed version of the weblog is available in English.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pi-news.org/ |title=PI English |publisher=Politically Incorrect |accessdate=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726114447/http://www.pi-news.org/ |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref> The blog is one of Germany's oldest far-right sites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Wiedmann-Schmidt|first=Wolf|date=29 April 2021|title=Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft islamfeindlichen Blog »PI-News" als "erwiesen extremistisch« ein|language=de|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/pi-news-bundesamt-fuer-verfassungsschutz-stuft-islamfeindlichen-blog-als-erwiesen-extremistisch-ein-a-e2995ba3-0002-0001-0000-000177330635|access-date=27 December 2021|issn=2195-1349}}</ref> Much of its content is [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]].<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007" /><ref name="FAZ" />
-PI self-declared goal is to bring news to a wider public attention which it perceives to be ignored or suppressed in what PI declared as "the mainstream media" due to a pervading "leftist [[political correctness]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.pi-news.org/about-us/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804233829/http://www.pi-news.org/about-us/|archive-date=4 August 2011|publisher=Politically Incorrect|accessdate=7 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The site has no imprint or legal details; the editors and authors are disguised.
+PI's self-declared goal is to bring news to a wider public attention which it perceives to be ignored or suppressed in what PI declared as "the mainstream media" due to a pervading "leftist [[political correctness]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.pi-news.org/about-us/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804233829/http://www.pi-news.org/about-us/|archive-date=4 August 2011|publisher=Politically Incorrect|accessdate=7 August 2011}}</ref> The site has no imprint or legal details; the editors and authors are disguised.
-According to [[Der Spiegel]] up from April 2021 the [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution]] (''Verfassungsschutz'') classifies PI as "verified as extremistic" („erwiesen extremistisch“) and is observing the PI-activist.<ref name=":0" /> The blog's local [[news bureau]] in [[Bavaria]], though, is investigated by the [[Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution]].<ref name="Abendblatt, 12 April 2013" />
+According to ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', as of April 2021, the [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution]] ''(Verfassungsschutz)'' classifies PI as "verified as extremistic" ''(„erwiesen extremistisch")'' and surveils PI-affiliated activists.<ref name=":0" /> The blog's local [[news bureau]] in [[Bavaria]] has been investigated by the [[Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution]].<ref name="Abendblatt, 12 April 2013" />
 == History ==
-''Politically Incorrect'' was founded in 2004, soon after the re-election of [[George W. Bush]], by a German teacher named Stefan Herre "to do something against [[Anti-Americanism]]"; its popularity surged in the wake of the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|Muhammad cartoons controversy]] the following year.<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/> Herre participated in the 2007 international counter-jihad conference in Brussels,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-counter-jihad-movement/|title=Facstsheet: Counter-Jihad movement|work=Bridge Initiative|publisher=Georgetown University|date=17 September 2020}}</ref> and has been on the board of advisors of [[Stop Islamization of Nations]] (SION).<ref name="2012-01-20_Reuters">{{cite web  | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS122494+20-Jan-2012+PRN20120120  | title = Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) Calls on UN to Protect Christians of Syria  | work = Press Release from [[PR Newswire]]  | publisher = Reuters  | date = 2012-01-20  | access-date =  2014-12-21  | url-status = dead  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222544/https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS122494+20-Jan-2012+PRN20120120  | archive-date = 2013-12-02 }}</ref> It is one of the most successful German blogs,<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/><ref name="FAZ">{{cite web |url=https://www.faz.net/artikel/C31315/blogs-freier-hass-fuer-freie-buerger-30089464.html |title=Freier Hass für freie Bürger |author=Stefan Niggemeier |date=25 October 2007 |publisher=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] |accessdate=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612162344/https://www.faz.net/artikel/C31315/blogs-freier-hass-fuer-freie-buerger-30089464.html |archive-date=12 June 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> receiving several tens of thousand visitors each day and ranking among the thousand biggest German websites in terms of traffic.<ref name="Alexa">{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pi-news.net |title=Pi-news.net Site info |publisher=[[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903072828/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pi-news.net |archive-date=3 September 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The site ranked ninth in March 2013 among German blogs in terms of public resonance in [[Social networking service|virtual social networks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deutscheblogcharts.de/archiv/blogcharts_3_2013.html |title=Deutsche Blogcharts für den März 2013 |date=4 April 2013 |website=Deutsche Blogcharts |accessdate=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610073843/http://www.deutscheblogcharts.de/archiv/blogcharts_3_2013.html |archive-date=10 June 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The blog is interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments within a certain time limit.
+''Politically Incorrect'' was founded in 2004, soon after the re-election of [[George W. Bush]], by a German teacher named Stefan Herre "to do something against [[Anti-Americanism]]"; its popularity surged in the wake of the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|Muhammad cartoons controversy]] the following year.<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/> Herre participated in a 2007 international counter-jihad conference in Brussels,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-counter-jihad-movement/|title=Facstsheet: Counter-Jihad movement|work=Bridge Initiative|publisher=Georgetown University|date=17 September 2020}}</ref> and has been on the board of advisors of [[Stop Islamization of Nations]] (SION).<ref name="2012-01-20_Reuters">{{cite web  | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS122494+20-Jan-2012+PRN20120120  | title = Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) Calls on UN to Protect Christians of Syria  | work = Press Release from [[PR Newswire]]  | publisher = Reuters  | date = 20 January 2012  | access-date =  21 December 2014  | url-status = dead  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222544/https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS122494+20-Jan-2012+PRN20120120  | archive-date = 2 December 2013 }}</ref> It is one of the most successful German blogs,<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/><ref name="FAZ">{{cite web |author=Niggemeier |first=Stefan |date=25 October 2007 |title=Freier Hass für freie Bürger |url=https://www.faz.net/artikel/C31315/blogs-freier-hass-fuer-freie-buerger-30089464.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612162344/https://www.faz.net/artikel/C31315/blogs-freier-hass-fuer-freie-buerger-30089464.html |archive-date=12 June 2011 |accessdate=7 August 2011 |website=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] |publisher= }}</ref> receiving several tens of thousand visitors each day and ranking among the thousand biggest German websites in terms of traffic.<ref name="Alexa">{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pi-news.net |title=Pi-news.net Site info |publisher=[[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903072828/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pi-news.net |archive-date=3 September 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref> The site ranked ninth in March 2013 among German blogs in terms of public resonance in [[Social networking service|virtual social networks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deutscheblogcharts.de/archiv/blogcharts_3_2013.html |title=Deutsche Blogcharts für den März 2013 |date=4 April 2013 |website=Deutsche Blogcharts |accessdate=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610073843/http://www.deutscheblogcharts.de/archiv/blogcharts_3_2013.html |archive-date=10 June 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> The blog is interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments within a certain time limit.
 == Reception ==
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 The blog has been widely criticized by German media for inciting [[Islamophobia]] and equating Islam as a whole with [[Islamic extremism]].<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007">{{cite news |url=http://www1.wdr.de/themen/kultur/religion/islam/gesellschaft120.html |title=Angst vor dem Islam – und stolz darauf |last=Reinle |first=Dominik |date=17 December 2007 |work=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] |accessdate=11 October 2013 |language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012065220/http://www1.wdr.de/themen/kultur/religion/islam/gesellschaft120.html |archivedate=12 October 2013 }}</ref><ref name="FAZ"/> The blog's internet shop sells items with the slogan "Islamophobic and proud of it".<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/> Herre says his Islamophobia is without shame: "Phobia is fear, and I'm afraid of Islam."<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/>
-The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] politician [[Sebastian Edathy]], a spokesman for the party on interior affairs, views ''Politically Incorrect'' as a vehicle of [[right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] agitation.<ref>Edathy, Sebastian; Sommer, Bernd (2009): "Die zwei Gesichter des Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland. Themen, Machtpotentiale und Mobilisierungsressourcen der extremen Rechten", in: Braun, Stephan; Geisler, Alexander; Gerster, Martin (eds.): ''Strategien der extremen Rechten. Hintergründe, Analysen, Antworten'', VS Verlag, {{ISBN|3-531-15911-9}}, pp.&nbsp;53–54</ref> It is not observed, however, by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution which sees it as differing from right-wing extremism in its support of a democratic order and basic rights, as well as its pro-Israel stance.<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taz.de/!75174/ |title=Nicht einheitlich verfassungswidrig |last1=Rath |first1=Christian |date=26 July 2011 |website=[[Die Tageszeitung|TAZ]] |accessdate=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423020033/http://www.taz.de/!75174/ |archive-date=23 April 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Even so, the [[Munich]] local group which cooperates with the [[German Freedom Party]] is monitored by the [[Bavaria]]n branch of the office since April 2013.<ref name="Abendblatt, 12 April 2013">{{cite web |url= http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/deutschland/article115250478/Verfassungsschutz-beobachtet-Die-Freiheit-und-PI.html |title= Verfassungsschutz beobachtet Die Freiheit und "PI" |date= 12 April 2013 |publisher= [[Hamburger Abendblatt]] |accessdate= 17 June 2013 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130416160602/http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/deutschland/article115250478/Verfassungsschutz-beobachtet-Die-Freiheit-und-PI.html |archivedate= 16 April 2013 }}</ref>
+The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] politician [[Sebastian Edathy]], a spokesman for the party on interior affairs, views ''Politically Incorrect'' as a vehicle of [[right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] agitation.<ref>Edathy, Sebastian; Sommer, Bernd (2009): "Die zwei Gesichter des Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland. Themen, Machtpotentiale und Mobilisierungsressourcen der extremen Rechten", in: Braun, Stephan; Geisler, Alexander; Gerster, Martin (eds.): ''Strategien der extremen Rechten. Hintergründe, Analysen, Antworten'', VS Verlag, {{ISBN|3-531-15911-9}}, pp.&nbsp;53–54</ref> It is not observed, however, by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution which sees it as differing from right-wing extremism in its support of a democratic order and basic rights, as well as its pro-Israel stance.<ref name="WDR, 17 December 2007"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taz.de/!75174/ |title=Nicht einheitlich verfassungswidrig |last1=Rath |first1=Christian |date=26 July 2011 |website=[[Die Tageszeitung|TAZ]] |accessdate=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423020033/http://www.taz.de/!75174/ |archive-date=23 April 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Even so, the [[Munich]] local group which cooperates with the [[German Freedom Party]] is monitored by the [[Bavaria]]n branch of the office since April 2013.<ref name="Abendblatt, 12 April 2013">{{cite web |date=12 April 2013 |title=Verfassungsschutz beobachtet Die Freiheit und "PI" |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/deutschland/article115250478/Verfassungsschutz-beobachtet-Die-Freiheit-und-PI.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416160602/http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/deutschland/article115250478/Verfassungsschutz-beobachtet-Die-Freiheit-und-PI.html |archivedate=16 April 2013 |accessdate=17 June 2013 |website=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]}}</ref>
 == See also ==
-* [[Criticism of Islam]]
+* [[Michael Stürzenberger]]
-* [[Criticism of multiculturalism]]
 == References ==
-{{Reflist|30em}}
+{{Reflist}}
 == External links ==
 * [http://www.pi-news.net/ Politically Incorrect] {{in lang|de}}
-[[Category:Counter-jihad]]
-[[Category:German political websites]]
-[[Category:Blogs critical of Islam]]
 [[Category:Anti-Islam sentiment in Germany]]
 [[Category:Anti-immigration politics in Germany]]
-[[Category:Islamophobic publications]]
+[[Category:Blogs critical of Islam]]
+[[Category:Counter-jihad]]
+[[Category:German political websites]]
 [[Category:Hate speech]]
+[[Category:Islamophobic publications]]