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280 characters of hate: Exploring Shiaphobic tweets posted amid the Eid al-Ghadīr celebrations 2022

SUBSCRIBE 6th August 2022Michael Dhanoya, Doctoral Candidate, University of Leicester
Shiaphobic hate crimes were highlighted in the wake of the recent Lady of Heaven film controversy, and came to the fore gain last month with the religious celebration of Eid al-Ghadīr; Michael Dhanoya of the University of Leicester’s School of Criminology explores the context and background to Shiaphobia, and the importance of recording and investigating it as an Islamic sectarian hate crime, rather than as examples of Islamaphobia.

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