Maverick MP Geoff Shaw and UK climate sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton are expected to join forces and attend a campaign meeting for a hard-right Christian party. Rise Up Australia’s firebrand leader Danny Nalliah said he recently spoke to Mr Shaw … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 15-21 September 2014 We are the ones being terrorised, Australian Muslims say 21 September 2014 Gove’s former Spad reveals thinking behind ‘Trojan Horse’ witch-hunt 21 September 2014 Queensland’s Muslim women targeted amid terrorism hysteria 21 September 2014 … Continue reading
The sinister black balloons started appearing in Bendigo in May. Then 10 days ago, a cluster of them were tied to the home and business of a local councillor who supports the building of a controversial mosque. The councillor, Mark … Continue reading
Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion reports that, contrary to their grandiose claim that the support they received in the general election would mark a “history making day for Australia”, Danny Nalliah’s rabidly Islamophobic Rise Up Australia Party received a mere 38,856 first … Continue reading
The controversial Rise Up Australia Party, known for headline-making, anti-Islam and anti-multiculturalism policies, has endorsed Dale Edwards as their candidate for Leichhardt. The socially conservative RUAP officially launched their election campaign at the start of August, with Mr Edwards of … Continue reading
Ipswich Muslims have defended their faith in the wake of Rise Up Australia Party candidate Anthony Mackin’s calls to eradicate mosques and ban the burka. Mr Mackin, a bible teacher, is the Blair candidate for a party that has banning … Continue reading
A candidate for the Prime Minister’s seat of Griffith has put outlawing the Islamic faith front and centre of her election campaign, branding it a “religion from hell” and claiming that building mosques in Australia is “high treason”. Sherrilyn Church … Continue reading
A Gippsland council in south-east Victoria is receiving threatening letters from members of an anti-Islamic Facebook group over its halal program. The Facebook page uses the Baw Baw Shire official logo, contains anti-Islamic commentary and says the shire supports Islamic jihad … Continue reading
A controversial pastor has formed a new political party he claims will uphold Christian values and protect freedom of speech. Catch the Fire Ministries pastor Danny Nalliah said the Rise Up Australia Party would also highlight issues such as the burqa and … Continue reading