7 minutes agoHatred on Muslims grows in Barcelona
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Until Barcelona's terrorist attacks, it seems Spain was almost immune to anti-Islamic feelings. But the number of Islamic incidents has increased dramatically since then, and Spanish Muslims are concerned about this high anti-mysmilian level. On the afternoon of the terrorist attack in Barcelona, Fatima El Himer 17 and her sister [...]
But the number of Islamic incidents has increased dramatically since then, and Spanish Muslims are concerned about this high anti-mysmilian level.
In the afternoon of the terrorist attack in Barcelona, the 17-year-old Fatima El Himer and her sister, Haffssa 20, had gone to the centre of their hometown of Granada, said “Deutsche Welle”, the Periscope broadcast.
They were ready to catch a bus home when Fatima noticed a group of Spanish ladies talking about their religious affiliation.
We heard them say it was a shame that we were there, where people had died in Barcelona because of our religious affiliation”, she said.
I was shocked, never heard anyone say anything like that”, she said.
The sisters were young children when they moved with their parents from Morocco to Granada.
Fatima says she's always had a feeling she's been welcomed by locals.
But something has changed since the August 17th attacks in Barcelona and Cambridge, which left 16 people dead.
For the first time in my life, I feel uncomfortable when I'm in town. People look at me suspiciously because of what I put on. The next day a passerby shouted that I should remove him for the fact that I could hide dangerous things under the hyjab”, she spoke.
Fate is not alone. Muslims throughout Spain have reported an increase in anti-Muslim sentiment and hate crimes since Barcelona's attacks.
Furthermore, several X-rays of Granada, Madrid, Seville and Tarragona writing: “You will die” and “The killers will pay for this!”
Four days after the attacks, 2,500 Muslims took to the streets of Barcelona to denounce terrorism.
Many of them wore banners reading: “not in my name” or “Terrorism has no religion”
Chafik El Boudali, 35, owner of a fruit and vegetable store in Tetovo County Madrid, says that some of his regular customers do not buy at his store since Barcelona's attack.
“I don't know what they think”, he says.
The “that we are all terrorists, but what happened in Barcelona has nothing to do with Islam as you know”, he quoted him as saying./Periscopi/
