Articles
This section lists articles by project experts and other contributors on the subject of anti-religious hate speech.
HOW THE HUNGARIAN MEDIA TURNED A STORY INTO A SCARY CARAVAN
The Hungarian national news agency (MTI) carried an alarming news item on 28 March: ’40,000 migrants are about to set off from Turkey and Greece towards Central Europe, to be joined along the way by many more’. The agency reported that they were gathering then and were setting off on 5 April.
RIGHT-WING TERROR IN NEW ZEALAND: 50 PEOPLE KILLED IN TWO MOSQUES
On 15 March 2019, right-wing extremist terrorists killed 50 people and seriously injured another 48 in New Zealand.
HOW A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN CALLED UPON THE WORLD TO #STOPFUNDINGHATE
We recently spoke to Richard Wilson, the Director and co-founder of Stop Funding Hate, to find out more about their work.
A YEAR IN MEDIA MONITORING: REPORT 2018/19
Get The Trolls Out! has produced a report, authored by Dr. Verica Rupar, which looks at the first full year of media monitoring in the project.
HOW SOROS WAS TURNED INTO THE PERFECT ENEMY: FIDESZ'S CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT REVEALS THE BACKGROUND TO A CAMPAIGN
A propaganda campaign in Hungary reached its climax in July 2017 when billboards across the country carried adverts for the latest round of the Orbán government's National Consultation. The adverts featured the head of George Soros, with the text: “Let's not allow Soros to have the last laugh!" – bearing the implication that the businessman was about to attack Hungary.
TOP TROLLS OF 2018
These are the 5 cases of anti-religious hatred we've found to be the most interesting ones in the previous year.
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.