anti-Muslim
-
The Far Right on African Youth
Far Right groups have jumped on the bank wagon of anti-African sentiment. Some are expressing it as anti-refugee sentiment, other as pure racism against people with dark skin, […]
-
Car Attack in Flinders Street Melbourne
On December 21st 2017 a car deliberately drove through pedestrians outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne. 19 people were injured and one later died in hospital. The driver […]
-
Ultra Conservative Homophobia
After launching our #DebateWithoutHate campaign a Facebook post about the campaign received a number of problematic comments. We documented some of these comments and explained why they were […]
-
Can reporting news be hate?
Earlier today OHPI received an e-mail with the message “Very Offensive Y tube video , pl stop this hateful obnoxious video”. It linked to a YouTube video titled […]
-
Emboldening those promoting bigotry
Yesterday we warned that a bill introduced to the Senate on Wednesday by the Government was seeking to water down Australia’s laws against racial discrimination to promote the interests […]
-
How The Bourke Street Rampage Was Quickly Claimed To Be ‘Islamic Terrorism’
HuffPost reports on the recent attack on Bourke Street, and false claims that it was a case of Islamic Terrorism. Within minutes of the first reports filtering through […]
-
Ignorance and Bigotry
An excellent opinion piece by Jenna Price in The Age last Tuesday looked at bigotry and ignorance in Australian society. The article “Ignorant Australians are the threat to my […]
-
Response to geography homework on Islam shuts down schools
A homework assignment on comparative religion for a geography class has led to the closure of multiple schools in Virginia, USA. The assignment, taken from a standard set […]
-
Anti-Muslim Internet Hate: Interim Report to mark International Human Rights Day
To mark the International Human Rights Day today, the Online Hate Prevention Institute has released an interim report into anti-Muslim hate in social media. The report is evidence […]
-
Presentation in the UN (New York)
Presentation by Dr Andre Oboler at the UN in New York for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) conference “Tracking Hatred: An International Dialogue on Hate Speech […]