anti-Muslim hate
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Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections
This report is a submission to a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into vilification laws. We highlight the need for such laws with respect to Islamophobia.
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Who thinks we’re a waste of time and money?
One of the problem with social media is that it lacks context. In a recent briefing we discussed the problem of racist trolls who go out of their way to hate against those working to tackling online hate. The briefing was limited to examining a few recent comments on our own Facebook page and the…
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Hating those opposing hate
As the year draws to a close one of our key reflections is that in 2018 it became harder than ever for people to oppose online hate. While social media platforms increase the pressure on far-right groups, closing many of their pages, the people involved simply created new accounts and put their energy into trolling…
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Impact on Islamophobia: OHPI in UK Parliamentary Report
A few weeks ago the All Party Parliamentary Committee on British Muslims released a detailed and extremely important report “Islamophobia Defined“. The report is the result of “widespread consultation with parliamentarians, experts, lawyers, community activists and victim-led organisations” (page 8). The report also reviews past work in the field and its impact. Speaking of our…
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OHPI cited in the United Nations
In June 2017 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance presented a report on his mission to Australia to the Thirty-fifth session of the UN Human Rights Council (6-23 June 2017). The report, UN document AHRC/35/41/Add.2, on page 15 makes use of and cites the Online Hate…
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Annual Report 2016 – anti-Muslim Hate Report
This article is an extract based on OHPI’s Annual Report for the 2016 Financial Year. Return to the Report. Empirical Report on Anti-Muslim Hate The report “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Interim Report” was released for International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2015. It is based on a sample of over 1,000 items of…
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Anti-Muslim hate speech ‘fuels extremism’, experts say
The Sydney Morning Herald talks to our CEO Andre Oboler about the role that hate-speech can play in fuelling violent extremism, following the Baird Government’s refusal to legislate against anti-Muslim hate-speech.
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A special investigation into extremism
Over the last few weeks I have been exchanging e-mails with Paul Toohey a journalist from News Corp. The e-mails let to the Online Hate Prevention Institute’s offices by him and a photographer as part of a special investigation into extremism in Australia. The article, “Extremism taking us to dark places” was published in various…
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Report anti-Muslim video “WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT (islam)” on YouTube
One of the most virulent forms of anti-Muslim hate speech is one which presents Muslims as inherently violent or equate all Muslims to terrorists. It is aimed at instilling fear of all Muslims living in our midst, and thereby, create an atmosphere where we strip them of their right to a life without discrimination and dignity.…
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Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate Interim Report
This interim report provides some background and data from OHPI’s “Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate” Campaign. This report is based on over 1,100 items of anti-Muslim hate in social media reported and categorised by the public through our FightAgainstHate.com reporting tool. The vast majority of the hate this report is based on was found on…