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Golden Dawn has been in the headlines again this week. One of its MPs, Panayiotis Iliopoulos, was accused of shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ in Parliament.
Now it is being reported that the party has published a letter issuing a sinister ultimatum to Muslims.
In a letter sent via post to the Muslim Association of Greece yesterday, extremist-right party Golden [...]

Tell MAMA has now been up and running for just over a year.  Back in Februrary 2012 I first reported on this important new initiative to counter anti-Muslim violence and bigotry, and it has recently released its first year’s set of results.
More than 630 incidents were logged during the first 12 months of the helpline, [...]

Last night Sayeeda Warsi gave a speech at a dinner hosted by Tell MAMA UK.  You can read the full text here.  She reminded guests of the reality of anti-Muslim bigotry in the UK, a problem which Tell MAMA, of course, is there to monitor and try to help prevent.  Getting the right data is [...]

Earlier this week Erika Menendez pushed a Hindu commuter, Sunando Sen, to his death because she had grown to hate all Muslims (and Hindus) following 9/11.
“I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I’ve been beating them up.” Ms. [...]

We’ve highlighted some of the instances of Muslim-Jewish amity and mutual support here in the US.
Here’s another:
Colorado Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders stood together in Denver’s main mosque Monday and launched a “Love Thy Neighbor” campaign — starting with ads on [Rapid Transit Denver] buses.
They said the ad they unveiled — at a time on [...]

Those who argued against Richard Landes at this recent conference aren’t saying that there is no intersection between Muslims/the Islamic world and antisemitism – heck, even Loonwatch probably wouldn’t say that – only that one should not make generalisations about all Muslims.  However I do agree with Landes that it might not be correct to limit [...]

‘Some people attack Islam as a way of attacking Muslims’ asserted @TellMamaUK on Twitter recently.  I expect they thought their point had rather been proved when their interlocutor replied ‘it’s like rabies, doesn’t mean we hate the rabid’.  You could argue that, strictly speaking, that statement does indeed differentiate between Muslims, who might be ‘cured’ [...]

Faith Matters has prepared a report analysing the reasons why members of different faith groups might be drawn to the EDL and exploring the effects the EDL is having on different communities and on interfaith dialogue.
One issue which emerges right at the beginning of the report is the slipperiness of the terms used in these [...]

As reported here, Jewish and Muslim leaders from around Europe have been meeting in Paris to discuss how to combat extremism and intolerance:
“We must institute a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against religious leaders of any faith who misuse their pulpits to incite religious bigotry,” they said in a declaration.
“We vow to each other [...]

Supporters of and apologists for the vile English Defence League have an unfortunate habit of turning up in the comments boxes every time we post about the EDL. But I want to note the disgusting reaction of some EDL members to the conviction and sentencing of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik:

…Breivik admirer, Nick Greger – [...]