Islamophobia in Spain: Monitoring through OSINT

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José Luis Salido Medina and Lucía García del Moral Martín – Euro-arab Foundation for Higher Studies

A significant number of hate crimes in Spain are related to racist or xenophobic motivations, whose passive subjects of the crime are vulnerable groups due to their race, ethnicity, or national origin. According to FRA Survey on Minorities and Discrimination, Spain has a higher percentage for this answer category related to North African communities (93%). The Spanish National Office for the Fight Against Hate Crimes poses that racism or xenophobia is the second most frequent reason for a hate crime in Spain. However, many of these racist or xenophobic crimes encompass Islamophobic behaviour. As the annual report of the Citizen Platform against Islamophobia points out, discrimination in which the Muslim religion is a central element is increasing.

The OSINT Reports Series, has been developed with the aim of providing an overview of the potential applications, on a European scale, of open-source research and analysis methodologies in prevention and mitigation activities directed against a range of potential threats. Each report in the OSINT Reports Series will provide insights, gathered through open source intelligence, concerning a potential threat identified by Agenfor International Foundation with the support of public and private partners.

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José Luis Salido Medina

José Luis Salido works as a researcher and project officer with Euro-arab Foundation for Higher Studies. He is graduated in Political Science and holds a master degree in Development Cooperation, Public and NGO Management (University of Granada). Concretely, he is part of the Research and Projects Department at the foundation, and he is focus on EU-Funded projects related to hate crimes and PCVE.

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Lucía G. del Moral

Lucía G. del Moral is a researcher and project officer at the Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies of Granada. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at the University of Loyola Andalucía. She is member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Forum for Research in the Arab and Muslim World- FIMAM. Lucía is Ph.D. candidate in Social Sciences and she holds a MA in Development Cooperation, Public Management and NGOs; a BA in Political Science and Public Administration; and a BA in Law. She has conducted research and fieldwork in political parties and social movements in North Africa. Also, she has experience in cooperation projects on political participation and migration in Morocco. She was a research assistant at the University of Granada and she was visiting researcher at stays at the University of Exeter, La Sapienza di Roma, Mohammed V Rabat, Harvard University, Central European University of Budapest and the University of Wroclaw.