ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT

EUROPEAN ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT 2015
CHRONOLOGY
8 January 2015,
• the newspaper Il Giornale carries the headline “Muslim Butchers”.
9 January 2015,
• a local councillor posts a message on Facebook wishing Muslim people be the
victim of a Holocaust.
14 January 2015,
• Belluno, a student is insulted and beaten at school because of his Muslim origins.
16 February 2015,
• Friuli Venezia Giulia, a school administrator, bans the hijab under the pretext of
avoiding incidents motivated by religious reasons.
22 March 2015,
• Battipaglia (Salerno), vandals explode firecrackers inside the mosque.
24 March 2015,
• Rimini, a Molotov bomb is thrown through the windows of an halal butcher.
2 September 2015,
• Rome, Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the right-wing party Fratelli D’Italia, declares
her opposition to immigration from Muslim countries.
14 November 2015,
• the newspaper Libero publishes a front-page headline reading “Islamic Bastards”.
19 November 2015,
• Bologna, some girls are attacked because of their Islamic veil.
25 November 2015,
• Giugliano (Naples), a pig’s head is found outside the mosque.
11 December 2015,
• Padua, a paper bomb explodes in front of the mosque.
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