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Tag: islamaphobia

Two plans, one standard: why the islamophobia report must be judged against the antisemitism plan

In the space of just a few months, Australians have been handed two national reports on hate: one on...

Tumultuous Turmoil

The imminent advent of Ramadan will herald the annual orgy of anarchy, violence and vitriol. According to Wikipedia, Ramadan is...

Actions, not bromides, are how the West must confront rabid antisemitism

Melanie Phillips: This madness urgently needs to be fought by those who help make the cultural weather. It’s not enough for politicians to promise support to a Jewish community that’s under siege.

Political auto-immune disease among Diaspora Jews

Melanie Phillips: The Muslim world is deeply jealous of the singular status of Jew-hatred as the ultimate bigotry.

The dangerous drive to correlate Islamophobia with antisemitism

Melanie Phillips: Islamophobia, like much Muslim discourse, is based on an appropriation and inversion of Jewish experience and precepts.

Rebutting Julian Burnside

It is Julian Burnside’s opinion that the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Andrew Bolt pose the greatest threat to our way of life (“The Islamophobia stirred up by Abbott and Bolt is a bigger threat to us than terrorism” The Guardian 26/2)...writes Geoff Bloch.