Europe has witnessed growing number of cases related to racism and Islamophobia in recent years, triggered by the propaganda launched by far-right parties. According to a report by Ankara-based think tank SETA, 676 Islamophobic incidents were documented in France in 2018, against 446 in 2017 with a 52% rise. In Austria, 540 cases of Islamophobic incidents were recorded last year, compared to 309 cases in 2017. In Germany, police recorded 813 hate crimes against Muslims last year, including insults, threatening letters, physical assaults and attacks against mosques. More than 100 mosques and religious institutions were attacked. The EU’s largest economy, a country of over 81 million people, hosts nearly 4.7 million Muslims -- the second-largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France. It includes three million Turkish minority population as well. [AA, 2 October 2019] Click the banner for the full report:To mark the European day against Islamophobia, SETA Foundation publish the European Islamophobia Report 2018. This report is supported by the EU Civil Society Dialogue Program. You can download the report here: https://t.co/HdQTF3Wurc | @EnesBayrakli @ferithafez #EIR2018 pic.twitter.com/PLRJu0DXjC
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