The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted people's lives driving them to act in fear,anxiety,and anger,leading to worldwide racist events in the physical world and online social networks. Though there are works focusing on Sinophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic,less attention has been given to the recent surge in Islamophobia. A large number of positive cases arising out of the religious Tablighi Jamaat gathering has driven people towards forming anti-Muslim communities around hashtags like #coronajihad,#tablighijamaatvirus on Twitter. In addition to the online spaces,the rise in Islamophobia has also resulted in increased hate crimes in the real world. Hence,an investigation is required to create interventions. To the best of our knowledge,we present the first large-scale quantitative study linking Islamophobia with COVID-19.
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