Is white supremacy on the rise?

On March 15, a 28-year-old Australian man carried out a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand. At least 50 people were killed and many more injured. news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The suspect, who describes himself as a white supremacist, was arrested and charged with murder by news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand police.

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The Christchurch mosque massacre was news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The deadliest attack targeted at Muslims in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The West in modern times. As people across news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The globe mourn, questions have been raised about why news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">There is such a deep hatred against Muslims and immigrants in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand, which is known for its multiculturalism. Given news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The very low levels of gun violence in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand, why was this time so different?

David Mahon, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The Executive Chairman from Mahon China Investment Management, said that this event is unprecedented and we could see it as an isolated event. However, some politicians in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand used to play a role that may mislead news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The media and its people.

Winston Peters, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The deputy prime minister of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand, gave a speech in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The wake of London Bridge Attacks in 2017, urging Muslims to turn in potential terrorists. As a result, he transmitted Islamophobia into news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The public, so in that sense, this radical thought is nurtured in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand.

Rick Dunham a visiting scholar from Tsinghua University added that white nationalists not only target Muslims, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">They also hate immigration in general. But one thing is for sure, Islam's image is not good in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The media, from news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, to news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The establishment ofIslamic State of Iraq and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The Levant (ISIL). Muslims are often demonized by news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The Western media and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">They often play news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The bad guy in many movies.

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“But if you think news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The number of atrocities in America, 80 percent of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">Them are committed by domestic Americans,” said David Mahon. Although news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The objective numbers are news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">There, people still judge and fear Muslims subconsciously. “Islamophobia is not just 9-11, it was hundreds of years old, it was actually part of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The identity of European Christians, my forebears, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">They thought as a fact that news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">These people (Muslims) are wrong, so it is quite a deep thing,” Mahon told CGTN.

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When talking about news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The rise of white supremacy, Rick Dunham said that news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">There are two factors. “One is news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The triumph of populism and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The legitimizing and empowering of haters who were afraid to express news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">Themselves publicly,” he said. Dunham used news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The Charlottesville rally in August 2017 as an example, pointing out that U.S. President Donald Trump refused to condemn news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The members of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The alt-right. Instead, Trump said, "I think news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">There is blame on both sides." “Second is news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">The social media and internet allowing news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmkf277c8b6f3be1bd5/index.html" target="_blank">Them to communicate with a like-minded community safely, and a lot of anger and radicalization come from that,” Dunham told CGTN.

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