KKK rally in Virginia met with large counterprotest
At least 23 people have been arrested during a march in the US state of Virginia by supporters of the white supremacist group, Ku Klux Klan. A few dozen Klansmen protesting against the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville were met by hundreds of jeering counter-protesters on Saturday.
Why Far-Right Extremism in America is Rising
The murder in College Park, Maryland of Richard Collins III, an African-American student who had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was days away from his graduation from Bowie State University, underscores the violence of America’s far-right wing.…
How Geert Wilders Lost Power But Gained Influence
As results flooded in after the Dutch general election, incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte was beaming. The country, he said, had hit back against far-right, anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders and the hate he espoused. Wilders’s Party for Freedom came a distant second, with 20 seats, to Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, which won […]
Wilders Suspends Campaign Over Security Leaks
Controversial anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, whose party had long led the polls ahead of next month’s Dutch general election, has suspended his campaign after a security agent allegedly leaked information on his whereabouts to a Dutch-Moroccan criminal gang. Wilders, who had been receiving 24-hour state protection, announced the move after reports emerged that an employee […]
Americans Have Double Standards On Religious Violence
Americans exhibit a double standard when it comes to religious violence, extending far greater benefit of the doubt that attackers claiming to be Christian aren’t really Christian than they do for attacks carried out in the name of Islam, a survey has indicated. Responding to a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, released Thursday, […]
It’s not terrorism unless it’s done by Muslims?
Home-grown terrorism is a serious problem in America, but major media outlets often fail to give the issue the time and attention it deserves; typically, they do not even label these incidents as acts of terrorism. I am not referring here to the attacks President Donald Trump (falsely) accuses the media of ignoring– I’m talking, […]
Geert Wilders tweets fake picture of rival
Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders, know for his comments targeting Islam and Muslims, has triggered a row over fake news, after posting a Twitter message showing a digitally altered picture of another party leader at a rally. Some five weeks ahead of key elections in The Netherlands, Wilders on Monday posted the fake picture of […]
Bannon is the No. 2 man in government. Everyone OK with that? | Editorial
Given the blizzard of activity during the first two weeks at the White House, it’s been easy to overlook who is actually running the White House. That would be Steve Bannon – unelected, unvetted, and unhinged – the guy who wants to “destroy the state, bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment,” […]
White Nationalists Celebrate Trump Radical Islam Reclassification
Efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to focus counter-extremism efforts solely on combating radical Islamist movements have drawn praise from far-right groups and criticism from many within the civil rights and law enforcement community. Trump reportedly planned to restructure the existing “Countering Violent Extremism” federal program and rename it to either “Countering Islamic Extremism” or […]