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Hatefully presenting Muslims as a threat to our way of life
Anti-Muslim groups often present local Muslims as a “threat to our way of life”. This threat is presented in three ways: the first says that Muslims want Sharia law to replace the law of the land; the second presents Muslims as a “cultural threat” for not fitting in; and the third presents Muslims as an…
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More on Boycott Halal in Australia
Following our analysis of the Boycott Halal in Australia page published yesterday, the page is concerned they may soon be closed. In response they are encouraging their supporters to join what they describe as their main page “Boycott Halal” (ID: 160347640662396). In doing so they exposed a little secret we at OHPI have known for…
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Examining Boycott Halal in Australia
The “Boycott Halal in Australia” page (ID: 131315043683974) has 77,858 supporters and has been online since October 26 2012. Significantly, it gained about 2,500 of those supporters last Saturday following news of the counter-terrorism raids in Melbourne. The Online Hate Prevention Institute has been monitoring pages like this since our December 2013 report “‘Islamophobia on…