1.0Twist Islamophobiahttps://twistislamophobia.org/enFundación de Cultura Islámicahttps://twistislamophobia.org/en/author/funci/Culture to be protected against discrimination - Twist Islamophobiarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="c0ixB531fI"><a href="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2016/01/21/culture-to-protect-against-islamophobia/">Culture to be protected against discrimination</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2016/01/21/culture-to-protect-against-islamophobia/embed/#?secret=c0ixB531fI" width="600" height="338" title="“Culture to be protected against discrimination” — Twist Islamophobia" data-secret="c0ixB531fI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Madrid-islamico.jpg800600Sadly, Islamophobia in Europe has been increasing for years, and this year’s rise has been even bigger due to the tragic terrorist attacks perpetrated in France in January and November, 2015. One of the reasons that explains the rising of Islamophobia is the lack of knowledge, which generates fear towards those we do not know, and who are considered different and alien to us, the “others”. In the face of this tendency, it is necessary to promote different solutions; one of the most important ones is culture. The Spanish writer and philosopher Santiago Alba Rico, in his new book Islamofobia. Nosotros, los otros, el miedo (Islamophobia. We, the others, the fear), written as a response to the attacks against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, points out that Spain holds an advantage when compared to other European countries, with regard to the avoiding of this form of discrimination: in addition to having a smaller percentage of Muslims, in comparison with other countries such as France, it maintains a higher level of coexistence that does not separate the immigrant population in ghettos. There is also a very important factor: in contrast with France or Germany, it doesn’t have a prestigious and popular ...