I will Blow your face off’—Virtual and Physical World Anti-Muslim Hate Crime

Bibliographic Data

ID8401912
AuthorsI Awan (0000-0003-2810-5851), Irene Zempi (0000-0002-1719-8573)
Year2015
Pagesazv122
Publication date2015-12-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azv122
OpenAlexW2259714245
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited30

Anti-Muslim hate crime is usually viewed in the prism of physical attacks; however, it also occurs in a cyber context, and this reality has considerable consequences for victims. In seeking to help improve our understanding of anti-Muslim hate crime, this article draws on the findings from a project that involved qualitative interviews with Muslim men and women who experienced both virtual and physical world anti-Muslim hate, and reported their experiences to the British government-funded service Tell Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks. In doing so, this article sets out the first ever study to examine the nature, determinants and impacts of both virtual and physical world anti-Muslim hate crime upon Muslim men and women in the United Kingdom. Correspondingly, we found that victims of both virtual and physical world anti-Muslim hate crime are likely to suffer from emotional stress, anxiety and fear of cyber threats materializing in the ‘real world’.

Criminology · Face (sociological concept) · Media studies · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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