Articles
This section lists articles by project experts and other contributors on the subject of anti-religious hate speech.
ANTISEMITIC HATE AGAINST SOROS AS A COMMON DENOMINATOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHT
Billionaire and philanthropist George Soros is not only attacked by nationalists in Eastern Europe: Soros is said to be the head of a world-wide conspiracy for the oppression of the West by means of the presumed ethnic replacement of local populations.
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.
ROD LIDDLE'S TRACK RECORD OF HATE SPEECH
Last month, Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle came under fire for an article titled, Chip in and we’ll help Choudary on his way to Paradise—a commentary on British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary that reads more like an Islamophobic rant than a column in a reputable newspaper.
FANTASTIC TROLLS AND HOW TO FIGHT THEM
There are many trolls out there on the internet, from a Hater Troll to a Holy Cause Troll, all with their own unique characteristics. Here is a line-up of all the prominent troll types and most importantly, how to fight them.
THE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES OF HATE SPEECH
Many in the Jewish community’s worst nightmare came to life on Saturday when an armed gunman stormed a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, murdering eleven worshippers. It is the worst attack on the Jewish community in US history, and comes after a steady rise in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric across the country and around the world.
WHEN ONLY 1 PERCENT OF VEILED FRENCH WOMEN GET A REPLY TO THEIR PHOTO CV, THAT'S A PROBLEM
Hajar El Jahidi, from Get The Trolls Out! partner European Forum of Muslim Women, wrote an article for the Middle East Eye discussing a recent co-authored an op-ed piece denouncing the discrimination faced by Muslim women in Europe in the jobs market, and the reaction to it. Being one of the authors of the op-ed piece, Hajar explains how one journalist from the French magazine Marianne claimed the piece was an organised attack on French secularism.
"HEADSCARF C**T" AND "JEWISH PIG": ANTI-MUSLIM HATE AND ANTISEMITISM IN CHEMNITZ
In recent weeks, Chemnitz became the focus of public attention, in Germany as well as abroad. Over the course of several days, there were right-wing extremist attacks on counter-demonstrators, journalists, Muslims, and the Jewish establishment.
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE: A CHALLENGE FOR THE EUROPEAN MEDIA
If one analyses the media in Europe today it becomes evident that there has been a rise and acceptance of xenophobic, racist and anti-religion narratives. This has evidently run parallel to – and quite possibly has been one of the effects of – the surge of right-wing extremism movements and of ultra-nationalist groups in many parts of the region. Some media outlets have been echoing such narratives, thus reinforcing them. Media and journalists face a serious challenge in tackling these discourses of prejudice, intolerance and hostility towards the other and otherness.
BORIS JOHNSON'S DEGRADING ARTICLE ABOUT THE BURKA
Boris Johnson, the UK’s former foreign secretary, wrote a piece for the Telegraph about Denmark’s recent burka ban, and whether we should adopt the same laws in the UK. Upon reading the title of the piece, which claims that Demark has “got it wrong”, you might be cautiously optimistic.
ANTI-SEMITISM AND JEWISH RESPONSES TO THE “REFUGEE CRISIS”: AN INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR DANIEL MONTERESCU
Our partner in Hungary, Centre for Independent Journalism, commissioned an interview with Professor Daniel Monterescu, Associate Professor of Urban Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Central European University.