Four years ago today, a terrorist killed 51 people and devastated the lives of many others in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Today we remember those lost to this and other attacks since, inspired by extreme right-wing ideology and fuelled by hate.
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The Christchurch attack represented the result of substantial growth in mainstreamed right-wing extremist ideology globally in the 2010s, from anti-refugee rhetoric, to an emboldened digital extreme right.
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Christchurch was part of an international chain of inter-referential atrocities. The method of attack shows the transformation of right-wing terrorism towards a global movement informed by digital culture and networks.
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The attack prompted greater efforts to combat right-wing extremism globally, especially online. While governments had been focussed on Islamist terrorism since the 2000s, the brutality of this attack served as a wake-up call to take right-wing terrorism seriously.
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These efforts include the Christchurch Call, whose Advisory Network ISD has sat on from its inception. We have co-led work to address the algorithmic amplification of content that may lead to violent extremist & terrorist material.
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While the Christchurch Call made real progress in getting Microsoft and Twitter to launch a pioneering data-sharing initiative to help audit algorithmic outcomes, it seems likely this will no longer go forward on Twitter. This is a shame, and will not help make the world safer.
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While we have seen progress on tackling right-wing extremism and terrorism, the path is not without obstacles. In the UK, for example, the recent Prevent Review threatens to roll back progress on taking RWE and ideologies other than Islamism seriously.
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The mainstreaming of hateful ideologies continues apace. Anti-refugee and anti-LGBTQ+ hate are two of the key frontiers on which this battle is being fought, with right-wing extremists finding success in mainstreaming rhetoric that has inspired attacks that have claimed lives.
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Four years after Christchurch, there is still substantial work to be done to make the world safer from violent extremism, terrorism, and hateful ideologies that seek to divide people and undermine universal human rights.
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May the most merciful and loving keep them in his mercy and love. May the most forgiving forgive any shortcomings and may Allah grant them jannatul Firdous Ameen
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