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The Power of Words - The Role of Religion, Media, and Policy in Countering Hate Speech”

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30-31 October 2019

KAICIID brought together more than 190 faith leaders, policymakers, state actors, civil society representatives, journalists, educators and dialogue practitioners in Vienna, Austria to discuss ways of preventing and countering the growing global phenomenon of hate speech. The conference saw the participation of leading representatives of Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and other faith communities who gathered to speak up and raise public awareness of the need to prevent and delegitimise hate speech.