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19-03-2019

‘War on Terror’ advocates have ‘generated’ far-right terrorism, says ex-Guantánamo detainee


Activist Moazzam Begg has placed the massacre of at least 50 Muslims in New Zealand into its wider context, blaming advocates of the so-called ‘War on Terror’ for actually ‘generating’ such far-right terrorism. The Canary, Mohamed Elmaazi, 19 March 2019

This is a context that’s missing from the mainstream discourse on these killings. Far-right anxiety over ‘birth rates’

The media have reported that the suspect allegedly live-streamed video footage of himself on Facebook, shooting people at random at a mosque in Christchurch. Attacks occurred at two separate mosques, which also left 50 injured. Two people are in critical condition, including a four-year-old child.

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