Readers' Blog: Right-wing populist rhetoric fuels Islamophobia

One wonders will the world’s political leaders assemble in Christchurch, New Zealand, in solidarity with the victims of the horrific mosque killings last Friday as they did in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris in January 2015?

Readers' Blog: Right-wing populist rhetoric fuels Islamophobia
Thu, 21 Mar, 2019 - 00:00

One wonders will the world’s political leaders assemble in Christchurch, New Zealand, in solidarity with the victims of the horrific mosque killings last Friday as they did in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris in January 2015?

Or would such a gesture be less likely given the extent of complicity of so many political leaders in the rise in Islamophobia and hate crime against Muslims which no doubt inspired the killer?

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