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This section lists articles by project experts and other contributors on the subject of anti-religious hate speech.

RELIGIOUS HATRED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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RELIGIOUS HATRED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The current climate of fear and anxiety surrounding the coronavirus pandemic is acting as fertile ground for the dissemination of conspiracy theories and discriminatory discourses. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, Chinese people, and people of East Asian appearance more broadly, have been attacked and abused because they were seen as carriers of the virus. But as the infections spread across the world, specific religious and ethnic groups have also been targeted. These attacks range from shaming Muslims for allegedly failing to adhere to lockdown measures, to global conspiracies about Jewish people, drawing on historical prejudices and racist perceptions. 

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12 WORST TROLLS OF THE YEAR
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12 WORST TROLLS OF THE YEAR

2019 unfortunately took off where the last year left us, with many examples of individuals and entire media outlets spreading anti-religious and racist views. We’ve created a countdown of some of the worst perpetrators of the year.

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HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE ISLAMOPHOBIA?
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HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE ISLAMOPHOBIA?

Over the past year, a video went viral of a 15 year old Syrian boy being “waterboarded” by his classmates in Northern England, and a car purposefully crashed into a crowd outside of a mosque in London. Islamophobia is on the rise across the country, with three out of five British Muslims reporting that they have experienced hate crimes.

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