Christchurch

Police say a threat to the mosque was posted this week on an encryp­ted messag­ing app PHOTO: Reuters WELLINGTON: New Zealand police said Tuesday they were investigating a threat made this week against one of the Christchurch mosques where 51 Muslim worshippers were killed in a mass shooting a year ago.…

New Zealand police said Tuesday they were investigating a threat made this week against one of the Christchurch mosques where 51 Muslim worshippers were killed in a mass shooting a year ago. Amid plans to mark the one-year anniversary of the March 15 massacre, police said the threat to Christchurch’s…

published : 3 Mar 2020 at 13:45 New Zealand police say a threat to Christchurch's Al Noor mosque, pictured in 2019, has been posted on encrypted messaging app Telegram. WELLINGTON: New Zealand police said Tuesday they were investigating a threat made this week against one of the Christchurch mosques where…

GEORGE HEARD/STUFFA 42-year-old man was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on Wednesday on charges including sharing an image of the March 15 terror attack. (File photo)A Christchurch man has been jailed after sharing an image of the March 15 terror attack with the words "Call of Duty Black Mosque NZ…

Hanau, Germany - Thursday's attack in the small western city of Hanau has deepened fears in Germany that minority communities are vulnerable to fascist and Islamophobic violence, and has raised questions about how much state authorities are doing to combat any threat. The killings of 10 people, mostly with immigrant…

The role politics plays in the resurgence of far-right extremism must not be underestimated. Views that had been ostracized for decades are once again becoming acceptable. Will politicians act before it's too late? Never before has Chancellor Angela Merkel said in such explicit terms that Germany has a racism problem.…

Alexander Maistrovoy The writer is a graduate of Moscow Univ. in Journalism, worked there in his field and made aliyah in 1988. He works at the Russian language newspaper Novosty Nedely, has had articles posted on many internet sites and authored “Ways of God” about different religious and ethnic groups…

According to Germany's domestic security agency, some 12,700 far-right extremists are "oriented toward violence." Here's an overview of the right-wing attacks that have rocked Germany in recent years. Germany's security agencies categorize crimes committed by far-right extremists as "politically-motivated right-wing crime." This includes violence perpetrated against foreigners, Jews, Muslims, political…

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will appear on the front cover of the international edition of TIME magazine to mark the anniversary of the March 15 terror attacks. The publication this morning (New Zealand time) released a teaser of the front cover, featuring a photo of Ardern next to the quote:…

Officials have said a deadly shooting was the result of deep-seated racism, which the suspected perpetrator had posted about online. The attack came hours after the German government approved an online hate speech bill. A gunman by the name of Tobias R. is thought to have killed nine people and…