Terror attacks reliably spike Islamophobic abuse and violence.

Evidence

I made a conscious decision to do those stories because I think it’s important that the narrative that all Muslims are terrorists is challenged. There’s no better opportunity or time to do that than in the aftermath of a terror attack because there would be people going “fucking Mussies” on social media. I think it’s important as many people as possible should see it - you know there’s a spike in Islamophobia and attacks after every time there is a terror attack. — Nadia Haq, ‘The National Media Just Sees Muslims…, 50

Categorization

• QUESTION: How well is the post-attack Islamophobia spike quantified in the literature, and does it hold across countries?