anti-Muslim
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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 of those who want bigotry to be more lawful in Australia so they can abuse vulnerable minorities without consequence. Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, previously told the Parliamentary…
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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 that there had been a terrible incident, social media and blogs immediately branded it an act of religiously-motivated terror. They talk to our CEO Dr Andre Oboler…
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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 society – Fear of the other is alive and well, and damaging” comments on new research by Matteo Vergani at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and…
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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 of recommended exercises by the teacher, asked students to copy an item of Arabic calligraphy which expressed the Islamic declaration of faith. In response social media has…
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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 based and draws on a sample of over 1100 items reported by the public between September 24 2015 and November 24, 2015. The report is particularly timely with…
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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 in the Media”. The presentation was part of a panel on Monitoring, Regulating and Limiting Hate Speech. Panel description: “The anonymity, immediacy and global nature of the…
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OHPI featured in an ABC Radio National documentary
The ABC interviews our CEO Andre Oboler about anti-Muslim extremism in Australia.
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OHPI interviewed by SBS Urdu
In an interview on SBS Urdu Radio, the Communications Officer of OHPI Chetna Prakash discusses the negative anti-Muslim reactions on social media to the Paris attacks. You can listen to the interview here: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/urdu/en/content/online-reactions-paris-attack-draw-concern Or read the translation here:
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Response to attacks on Paris and Beirut
Terrorists attacked Beirut (Lebanon) on Thursday killing 46 and Paris (France) on Friday with night killing 158. The attack in Beirut involved a twin bombing. The coordinated attacks in Paris targeted a concert hall, sport stadium and restaurants. Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility through social media for the Beirut attack. A suspect arrested in Paris also…
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Victorian Government supports SAMIH
The Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Robin Scott MP, has written to the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) on behalf of the Victorian Government with best wishes and support for the Spotlight on Anti-Muslim Internet Hate (SAMIH) campaign. The letter also outlines the Victorian Government’s firm commitment to diversity and peaceful coexistence of…