Millions of supporters of Donald Trump flocked to the far-right social media platform, where hate speech and calls for violence thrive. The US Capitol insurrection could be the platform’s undoing.
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The crowds that stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 were not just engaged in an effort to support Trump. The symbols they carried were of an extreme form of anti-Semitism.
As social media platforms fight Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, online archives offer another possible approach: direct links to the historic truth.
Millions of supporters of Donald Trump have flocked to the far-right social media platform Parler, where hate speech thrives.
Attacks on houses of worship are increasing, as part of a trend of growing global violence. The aftermath of these attacks often includes interfaith dialogue and community support.
Despite considerable support, concerns over plans for a new UK Holocaust Memorial range from location and cost, to how it should look and whether we need such a building at all.
The QAnon conspiracy movement is the latest in a long line of moral panics that emerge as a response to change. False theories are used to undermine claims to social justice raised by marginalized groups.
Donald Trump said followers of conspiracy theory ‘are very much against pedophilia.’ What he didn’t mention was the demonic imagery and language that peppers QAnon posts.
A would-be speaker at the Republican National Convention was yanked for encouraging people to read up on a hoax that has long been discredited but refuses to die.
Beyond inter-religious dialogues, religions need to examine how their histories intersect with Indigenous People’s rights and spiritualities.
COVID-19 has delayed progress on a religious discrimination bill. A new study warns countries like Australia are not the bastions of religious freedom we think they are.
After half of all European Jews were killed by the Nazis, the post-Holocaust credo of Jews around the world has been “Never again!” But there’s been a surge in anti-Semitism since 2017.
As Donald Trump’s re-election looks in doubt, supporters of the U.S. president will amp up conspiracy theories about billionaire George Soros.
Plagues and flu pandemics of the past have led to long-term disadvantages for those affected, and increased prejudice.
Rumours, conspiracy theories, the blame game: sound familiar?
In retweeting a doctored image of Nancy Pelosi standing in a hijab in front of an Iranian flag, Trump is playing into fears that Iran and Islam are evil and anti-American.
The Never Again Education Act is meant to make Holocaust education more prominent in America’s schools. A scholar of Holocaust studies explains why that’s necessary.
Violence against religious minorities around the world prompted the United Nations to mark a day for the victims in 2019. Here is a roundup of some key events around the world.
From the beginning, National Public Radio vowed that it would speak with ‘many voices.’
The US Constitution is supposed to protect freedom of religion. But in the 20th century, white Christian nationalists used this ideal to discriminate against Jews and justify their exclusion.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Associate Director of Jewish Studies, Lecturer, Arts & Sciences Writing Program, Boston University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Macalester College
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Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Old English and Old Norse, University College Cork
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Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Pace University
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Social Policy, Brandeis University