According to Amnesty International, anti-Muslim hate crimes in Germany drastically increased in recent years because of the rise of Islamophobia. An Amnesty report found that between 2013 and 2015, there was a nearly 87 percent increase in violent racist crimes primarily targeting German Muslims. The researchers also noted a 1600 percent increase in bias-motivated crimes which specifically targeted shelters for refugees and asylum-seekers (who happened to be predominantly Muslim).

XREF: Connects to broader discussions of rising Islamophobia across Europe during the 2015 migrant crisis. QUESTION: What contextual factors beyond 'rise of Islamophobia' drove the 1600% jump in shelter-targeted crimes specifically?

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 369