By Jonathan Githens-Mazer and Robert Lambert
[Co-Directors, European Muslim Research Centre, University of Exeter]
Our aim for 2020: a reduction of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Europe
In the thirteen years since the Runnymede Trust published Islamophobia: A Challenge For Us All, the problem of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Europe has become worse, not better. Muslims are the victims of hate crimes every day, often being spat at, verbally abused and on occasions suffering serious physical violence...