HATE CRIME

Online Threats Target Jewish Congregations Resulting in Evacuations, Disruption of Religious Services

“What makes this different is that this is a particular campaign using tools that many of us take for granted but that we can see are weaponized.”

Five Years After the Deadliest Antisemitic Attack in U.S. History, the Killer Is on Trial

“There is no making sense of this senseless act. Mr. Bowers caused extraordinary harm to many, many people.”

Groundbreaking Study Confirms Hate Speech-Hate Crime Connection

Hailing the study as the “first-of-its-kind,” the university released a statement in which Chunara said, “We found that more targeted, discriminatory tweets posted in a city related to a higher number of hate crimes. This trend across different types of cities (for example, urban, rural, large, and small) confirms the need to more specifically study how different types of discriminatory speech online may contribute to consequences in the physical world.”

In This Time of Tragedy, Faiths Stand Together

In his speech last year at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Dalai Lama told the world what he thought of the term "Islamic terrorism." His words have never been more fitting. "Buddhist terrorist. Muslim terrorist. That wording is wrong," he said.

STAND Denounces Quebec Shooting as Act of Religious Hate and Terror; Expresses Solidarity with Muslim Communities

Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND) expressed condolences to the Muslim community in Canada and elsewhere following Sunday’s horrific shooting in a Quebec City mosque that killed six while leaving five in critical condition.