When an article is published titled 'Pakistanis slaughter each other on the road... The "meat-mincers" being allowed to stay in the country are getting trained (to kill)' - it's probably time to investigate the story further...

Causeur, France's far-right magazine reported baseless false information about director Ladj Ly’s judicial past, accusing him of wanting to enforce the Sharia law. Journalism should be held to a higher standard than this, where hate-speech has no place.

On November 10th, a building which was set to serve as an asylum center was set on fire in the Belgian city of #Bilzen. A few days before, a few protestors from the political party #VlaamsBelang were photographed in-front of the building, leading commentators to suggest that they were behind the fire. A week later, Tom Van Grieken, chairman of Vlaams Belang, spoke at a party event, to respond to the accusations...

The articles implicitly perpetuate stereotypes about Muslims being a danger to Christian and/or Western cultures, claiming that they slowly try to erode customs under the pretence of a factitious call for inclusion. This is where anti-Islamic sentiment begins, and when these ideas are left unchallenged in the media, it can then be seen as factual by members of the population.

Origo is a Hungarian pro government news site, and on the 24th October published an article which blamed London Mayor Sadiq Khan for the rising knife crime in the city and referred to him being a ‘Muslim’ in the title. While knife crime had risen to a record high in England and Wales, there was little overall change in the number of total offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in London in the last year (Office of National Statistics). Even if these statistics showed different results, there is no relation between Sadiq Khan being the son of Pakistan-born parents and his performance as a mayor, let alone the way he addresses knife crime in London.

On the 11th October, far-right politician Julien Odoul demanded a Muslim mother visting the regional French assembly of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté remove her headscarf or leave the building, citing a breach of 'laïcité', or secularism. She was accompanying her son on a school trip, and had to comfort him as he cried. The education minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer stated on national TV later, that "the law does not prohibit veiled women from accompanying children, but we do not wish to encourage the phenomenon". In the past few years, the Muslim headscarf has been central to anti-Muslim hatred. Not only does secularism have a higher impact on the Muslim community, but it has also been manipulated by the far-right to promote anti-Muslim racism.

A cartoon by Bela Weisz for Get the Trolls Out!

A cartoon by Bela Weisz for Get the Trolls Out!

The man standing is talking to the editors of Hungarian media outlets that have been spreading conspiracy theories about George Soros, Hungarian-American business magnate, investor and philanthropist of Jewish descent.

Moral outrage is no excuse for the collective blame of racism. Challenge those who think it's ever acceptable, whoever their target might be- antisemitism included!