Spain, Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination (Consejo para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial o Étnica), Recommendation to Identify, Prevent and Address Discrimination Against Muslims and "anti-Muslim hatred" (Recomenda

Country

Spain

Title

Spain, Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination (Consejo para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial o Étnica), Recommendation to Identify, Prevent and Address Discrimination Against Muslims and "anti-Muslim hatred" (Recomendación del CEDRE para identificar, prevenir y atajar la discriminación contra las personas musulmanas y la islamofobia), September 2023.

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Year

2023

Publication type

Other

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Public authority

Institution

Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination (Consejo para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial o Étnica)

Thematic focus

Racism & xenophobia

Groups

General population

Key findings

It highlighted reasons suffered by the Muslim community such as: racist and xenophobic comments and discourses towards children by students, including teachers in the classroom and in other common spaces of educational or university centers; Police controls for racial profiling; Denial of access to certain spaces and/or places of leisure; To receive a dignified burial without discrimination; the discriminatory behaviour in health centers, hospitals, schools, work, civil registries, public administrations, establishments, etc.; Dissemination of hate messages through social networks and the internet; discrimination in access to education, employment, public and private spaces for women who wear the hijab or due to other physical characteristics that are stereotypically associated with Muslims. A close relationship between this type of manifestation of intolerance and those related to racism and racial discrimination is observed.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

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Sample details and representativeness

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