TY - JOUR T1 - Where the Wild Things Are: Fear of Islam and the Anti-Refugee Rhetoric in Hungary and in Poland JF - Central and Eastern European Migration Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Goździak, Elżbieta M. A1 - Márton, Péter KW - gender KW - Hungary KW - Islamophobia KW - nationalism KW - Poland AB -

Based on empirical research conducted in Hungary and Poland in 2016–2017, as well as on analysis of social media, blogs and newspaper articles, this article discusses Hungarian and Polish attitudes towards Muslims and Islam. Against a historical background, we analyse how the Hungarian and Polish governments responded to the large-scale influx of Muslim refugees during the 2015 ‘migration crisis’. The anti-immigrant narratives, fueled by both governments and the right-wing press, resulted in something akin to Islamophobia without Muslims. Instead of portraying the people arriving at the southern border of Europe as refugees seeking safety, they described the migration process in terms such as ‘raid’, ‘conquest’ and ‘penetration’. These narratives often implied that Muslims will combat Europe not only with terrorism but with the uteruses of their women, who will bear enough children to outnumber native Poles and Hungarians. The paper ends with a discussion of positive attempts to improve attitudes towards refugees in Poland and Hungary.

VL - 7 CP - 2 EP -

151

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19 October 2017

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17 May 2018

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21 June 2018

SP - 125 ER -