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31 Aug 2020 | Individuals| Organizations
Facebook’s failure to tackle hate speech online has real world consequences
An August 14th article in the Wall Street Journal revealed that top Facebook policy executives in India failed to remove hate speech promoted by Hindu nationalists despite the content being “flagged internally for promoting violence.”... read the complete article
08 Feb 2021 | Policy/Law
For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, discrimination even in death
It’s been over a year since the first strain of COVID-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world with over two million individuals losing their lives,... read the complete article
19 Nov 2020 | Law Enforcement| Military| Policy/Law
Xinjiang and Kristallnacht in Austria: Freedom of Religion Under Threat
On November 9 of this year, the Austrian government commemorated Kristallnacht of 1938—known as the “Night of the Broken Glass”—a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria that took place on... read the complete article
11 Aug 2023 | Policy/Law| Politics
Burning the Quran is not free speech
Over the past several weeks a number of individuals in Sweden and Denmark have desecrated and burned copies of the Quran, the holy book of nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide. While these acts have rapidly increased in the past few weeks, they’re sadly not new as such displays of hatred have taken place throughout Europe for decades. read the complete article
25 Jul 2018
Kicking Islamophobia: France, the World Cup & the enduring Problem of Racism
This article by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared on the Islamophobia Research & Documentation project’s website. Let me admit something before starting these lines of thought. Like most soccer games before, I have not watched... read the complete article
26 Apr 2019 | Politics
The Tories have an Islamophobia problem
Anti-Muslim sentiment is rife in the UK’s Conservative Party, from disparaging comments on social media platforms to political campaigns. Despite the overwhelming evidence, the party’s leadership has failed to take the necessary steps in addressing its... read the complete article