Editorial: The party’s refusal to tackle anti-Muslim prejudice is even more troubling after the Christchurch killings
A fortnight after the murders of 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, the pain is still agonising. The urgency of confronting the violent threat posed by far-right extremists across the world has been brought home in the most horrifying way. Facebook’s announcement this week that it will ban white separatist and nationalist content comes too late for the victims of this attack and others, including that on a Pittsburgh synagogue last year.
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