In An Ugly Election Result, Hate Surges Online
Over the past month, more than 564,000 unique visitors have spent time on the Daily Stormer, a website that takes its name from a Hitler-era German tabloid, “Der Stürmer.” The site bills itself as “America’s #1 Most Trusted Republican News Source” and features headlines like “Jew Billionaires Meet to Overthrow Trump Government,” “Faggots and Jews […]
Neighborhood Town Watch
There’s no evidence that a threatening letter from a new “neighborhood town watch” was circulated to Muslims across the United States. Claim: A photograph shows a threatening letter from a “neighborhood town watch” that was widely circulated to Muslims in the United States. unproven Origin: In late November 2016, a photograph of what looks […]
Hate Crimes Surge After Trump Victory
Extremism watchers and civil rights groups have welcomed an appeal from Donald Trump for a halt to a surge in harassment and hate crimes, but are urging the president-elect to do more. In an interview with CBS television network’s 60 Minutes program that aired Sunday, Trump was asked about reports of threats and racial slurs […]
Trump Has Unleashed a Wave of Anti-Semitic Hatred
As a middle-class, white Ashkenazi Jew living in California in 2016, I’ve been privileged to avoid the systemic, cultural and interpersonal racism faced by many Muslims, immigrants and people of color across the U.S. today. However, my uncle was not as fortunate. He was a Holocaust survivor who saw his entire family killed in front […]
Hate speech trial of far-right politician Wilders will go ahead
A Dutch court ruled on Friday that prosecutors can pursue anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders over comments in which he led a roomful of supporters in chanting that they wanted “fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands. “We’ll take care of it,” he told them. Accused of discrimination and inciting racism for the remarks, televised live in 2014, […]
Choudary’s Imprisonment a Step Forward, But a Small One
After decades of preaching hate on the streets of the U.K. and setting out to drive a wedge between Muslims and non-Muslims, Anjem Choudary has finally been arrested for supporting the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). Still, this symbolic victory over Islamism and hatred in the U.K. is just that—symbolic, and should not lull civil […]
Dangerous Demagogue Pat Robertson Calls On Americans To Commit Violence Against Muslims
Loony tunes evangelical pastor Pat Robertson is still proselytizing from a dungeon somewhere in America, warning against the evil Muslim people that the bible tells us we must get rid of or else they will overwhelm us entirely. Robertson uses a fun metaphor of the human body handling a small foreign invader like germs or […]