ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT

ISLAMOPHOBIA IN Lithuania
bia and immigration issues, particularly the recent so-called ‘refugee crisis’, which
brought various challenges such as the rise of anti-immigrant attitudes, in general,
and anti-refugee messages in particular; the increase of xenophobic statements by
public commentators and politicians; and new forms of opposition in cyberspace
against ‘mass immigration’ and refugee relocation programmes.
Cyberspace. There is a strong link between the so-called ‘refugee crisis’, refugee quotas
and the emergence of new xenophobic and Islamophobic initiatives in cyberspace.
Some of these go far beyond cyberspace and should be considered as an open incitement
of hatred against immigrants (refugees) in general and Muslims in particular.
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