Anti-Muslim hatred ratcheted up sharply after the Islamic State attacks in Paris. Then came San Bernardino and Donald Trump.
Anti-Muslim hatred ratcheted up sharply after the Islamic State attacks in Paris. Then came San Bernardino and Donald Trump.
Conspiracy theories originating on the extreme right have invaded American political life. And that's not good for democracy.
The Syrian refugee crisis in Europe, coupled with an announcement in mid-September from President Obama that 10,000 Syrians would be relocated聽to the U.S.,聽has聽enraged聽the radical right, most notably anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim groups.聽
When two apparent Muslim radicals attacked a Muhammad cartoon contest in a Dallas suburb this May, a national spotlight was focused on the group that hosted the provocative event 鈥 the American Freedom Defense Initiative, whose leader is Pamela Geller, the country鈥檚 most flamboyant and visible Muslim-basher.
Hate and antigovernment 'Patriot' groups are down by about a fifth as activism shifts to cyberspace and lone wolf actions
A polished young American racist is knitting together a global network of white nationalists. And that has Europeans worried.
This spring, a group of about 100 students and others gathered at Indiana University at Bloomington to participate in their local S---walk, an annual protest held in cities around the world to denounce rape culture and victim-shaming. Facing them were a handful of counter-protesters who, misunderstanding the idea of S---walk, heckled the crowd, wielding crude signs decrying 鈥渟---聽culture.鈥