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Proud Boys leader pleads guilty for burning church’s Black Lives Matter banner

By Kathryn Post — July 20, 2021
(RNS) — Enrique Tarrio pleaded guilty to two charges on Monday, including one involving the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church in Washington, D.C.

Don’t be fooled by QAnon’s post-apocalyptic fury. It’s really spiritual hunger.

By Tara Isabella Burton — July 21, 2020
(RNS) — Followers of the online Q and white supremacism yearn for a world in which everything makes sense and where they at last have a role to play. 

Jewish lobby in far-right German party denounced for anti-Muslim views

By Tom Heneghan — October 15, 2018
(RNS) — The group's manifesto said mass migration threatened Jews because Muslims were brought up with anti-Semitic views and the AfD was 'the only party in Germany that tackles the issue of Muslim hatred of Jews and doesn’t make excuses for it.'

Bavarian leader puts crosses in state offices

By Tom Heneghan — June 7, 2018
(RNS) —The governor of Bavaria in southern Germany has ordered that Christian crosses be displayed at the entrances to government buildings across his state. The measure, designed to woo conservative voters away from the burgeoning anti-immigrant AfD party, has drawn criticism from church and state alike.

Facebook enabled advertisers to reach ‘Jew haters’

By ProPublica — September 14, 2017
After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring.

Far-right parties winning over some Jewish voters, top rabbi warns

By David Gibson — June 1, 2016
(Reuters) "When God gave out intelligence, not everybody stood in line," said Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, head of the Conference of European Rabbis.

Dutch far-right leader Wilders on trial

By Reuters — March 18, 2016
AMSTERDAM -- Like other populist figures including Donald Trump in the U.S. and Marine le Pen in France, Geert Wilders has won support by calling for a ban on Muslim immigration.
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