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New Zealand Parliament Votes 119-1 to Ban Assault-Weapons In Response to Mosque Shootings

New Zealand Parliament Votes 119-1 to Ban Assault-Weapons In Response to Mosque Shootings

New Zealand’s parliament on Wednesday voted almost unanimously to ban “military-style” semi-automatic weapons less than a month after 50 people were killed in mass shootings at a pair of mosques in the city of Christchurch. The ban, which applies to semi-automatic rifles and shotguns capable of holding more than five rounds, was made permanent Wednesday […]

Man charged after stabbing in Knoxville mosque

Man charged after stabbing in Knoxville mosque

The mosque says the crime was not targeted at the mosque or Muslims.Author: WBIR StaffPublished: 12:57 PM EDT April 10, 2019Updated: 12:57 PM EDT April 10, 2019 A Knoxville man is charged with attempted first degree murder after he stabbed another man in a Knoxville mosque. According to court records, Daniel Jay Porter was in an argument inside […]

Illinois ‘White Rabbits’ admit firebombing Islamic mosque

Illinois 'White Rabbits' admit firebombing Islamic mosque

CHICAGO (WLS) — Two Illinois men who admitted their roles in a firebomb attack on an Islamic mosque in Minnesota, trying to firebomb a women’s health clinic in Champaign, and other violent acts during 2017 and 2018 associated with a homegrown terrorist group, face 35 years to life behind bars. Some members of the group recorded […]

Twitter Bans Trump’s Retweeted Anti-Muslim Videos In Anti-Hate Speech Measure

Twitter Bans Trump’s Retweeted Anti-Muslim Videos In Anti-Hate Speech Measure

Twitter suspended the accounts of the far-right leaders of Britain First Monday, thus scrapping several anti-Muslim videos they posted that were retweeted by President Donald Trump. Britan First leader Paul Golding and his deputy Jayda Fransen were banished from Twitter and their old posts were also deleted. Three anti-Muslim videos Fransen posted that were retweeted […]

When Hate Meets Hoax

For several months this spring, St. Olaf College, a private school of some 3,000 students in Northfield, Minnesota, was convulsed by a series of hate incidents. More than half a dozen racist notes were found across campus, including one slipped into a student’s book bag that said, “Go back to Africa.” Then, in late April, […]

Former White Supremacists are Helping Others to Renounce Their Extremism

Former White Supremacists are Helping Others to Renounce Their Extremism

These volunteers know what it is like to be fooled into believing racist propaganda – which is exactly why they have now dedicated their lives to assisting other extremists to see the light. Life After Hate is a nonprofit that employs former neo-Nazis and white supremacists to help others renounce their extremism and hateful lifestyles.

Trump dissolves industry panel as 2 more N.J. business leaders leave over his remarks

TRENTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday disbanded his business panels as CEOS — including two more from New Jersey — announced they were leaving following his comments about the deadly neo-Nazi rally in in Charlottesville, Va.. Trump said on Twitter that “rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy […]

Top US general condemns racism after Charlottesville violence

Top US general condemns racism after Charlottesville violence

The United States’ top general condemned “racism and bigotry” on Thursday, joining other military leaders in their denunciation of deadly violence in Charlottesville. The military usually stays out of the political fray, but it has been keen to distance itself from the weekend’s neo-Nazi demonstrations because some demonstrators were sporting US military clothes or insignia.