anti-Muslim
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Controversial anti-mosque Facebook page removed
ABC Radio Brisbane interviewed OHPI’s CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, on the Facebook page against the Currumbin Mosque proposal which has been stirring-up hatred against Muslims and threats against members of the local council. You can hear the interview at: http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2014/09/controversial-anti-mosque-facebook-page-removed.html
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The Mosque at Currumbin
The Online Hate Prevention Institute, Australia’s only charity dedicated to hate speech in social media, is pleased to see that Facebook has finally closed the Facebook page “Stop the Mosque at Currumbin” (ID# 412242425582044 ). The page not only incited hate against the Muslim community, but also sought to intimidate and target members of the…
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Serving Humanity Interfaith Symposium: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Women’s Auxiliary
August 23, 2014: Serving Humanity Interfaith Symposium: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Women’s Auxiliary, Faith Communities Council of Victoria. http://faithvictoria.org.au/news-a-articles/207-serving-humanity-interfaith-symposium-ahmadiyya-muslim-assocation-women-s-auxiliary On 23 August 2014, more than 200 leading women from all over Victoria participated in the Serving Humanity Interfaith Symposium luncheon organized by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Victoria at ‘Bait-ul-Salam’ (House of Peace)…
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60 Minutes Unholy War
At around 8pm on Saturday night, Channel Nine’s 60 minutes Australia program posted an announcement on their Facebook page about tomorrow’s program (see it at the bottom of this briefing). The announcement claims “#60Mins brings you both sides from the Israeli Gaza war zone”. Within a few hours of the announcement there had been over 250 comments…
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Bendigo stands up to Islamophobia
July 18, 2014: Lucy Honan, Bendigo stands up to Islamophobia, http://www.solidarity.net.au Islamophobes are trying to stir up anti-Muslim hatred in Bendigo, but local anti-racists won’t have it. Since plans for a Bendigo mosque were announced in January, church groups, the Muslim community, Labor and Greens representatives, artists and residents have met a Stop the Mosque…
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Right-wing groups fight Bendigo mosque
July 5, 2014, Sue Bolton, Right-wing groups fight Bendigo mosque, Green left Weekly. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56774 Many local residents in Victorian regional city Bendigo were shocked when right-wing groups from outside of Bendigo began mobilising residents against the proposal for the city’s first mosque. The mosque is planned to be built on underdeveloped industrial land in East…
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The Age uses OHPI research on Bendigo Mosque protests
The Age reports on the protests surrounding the controversial Mosque being built in Bendigo, and the racism being faced by residents. They cite a study from the Online Hate Prevention Institute of people posting on the Stop the Mosque in Bendigo Facebook page, which reveals only 3 per cent were from Bendigo, with 59 per…
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The Age uses OHPI research on Bendigo Mosque protests
Chris Johnston, theage.com.au, , June 28, 2014, Bendigo mosque a cause celebre for right-wing outsiders An article in theage,com.au about the protests surrounding the Bendigo Mosque proposal used a research done by OHPI on the Facebook page “Stop The Mosque in Bendigo”. Our research, which can be seen here, pointed out that out of a…
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Loving Nazis and Hating Muslims
Commentary (7/7/2014) An article OHPI’s CEO published a couple of weeks ago in the Australian Jewish News on the problem of a small number of Jews vilifying Muslims online, and linking up with neo-Nazis to do so, is of particular relevance in light of recent news around the burning alive of a Palestinian child in…
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Loving Nazis and Hating Muslims
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes for the Australian Jewish News on the problem of a small number of Jews vilifying Muslims online, and linking up with neo-Nazis to do so, which is of particular relevance in light of recent news around the burning alive of a Palestinian child in Israel. The article highlights how a…