It’s a term embraced by some on the far-right, who see their opposition to Islam and immigrants as a divinely ordained sequel of sorts to that bloody, centuries long conflict.Īnti-Muslim rhetoric from accounts linked to Reconquista soared after a Moroccan man attacked two Catholic churches in the southern city of Algeciras in January, killing a church officer and injuring a priest. Reconquista takes its name from the successful effort by Christian leaders to reconquer vast parts of the Iberian peninsula from its Islamic rulers and expel Muslims during the Middle Ages. One concern, Finkelstein said, is that the rhetoric could lead to real-world violence. The flags are all different, but it’s remarkable how similar the memes are.” ”All over the world we’re seeing different manifestations of the same kind of problem. “This is a recipe for disaster,” Finkelstein told the AP.
The findings were first reported by The Associated Press. The institute published a report on Reconquista this week. group that partners with Rutgers University on the Network Contagion Lab, a training and educational center focused on cyber threats. The remarkable overlap of tactics and interests isn’t a coincidence, but reflects how far-right groups in many countries are learning from one another, copying each other’s successes, said Joel Finkelstein, co-founder of the Network Contagion Research Institute, a Princeton, N.J. They’ve also criticized COVID-19 vaccines, feminism, efforts to address climate change and support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. and other countries, the Spanish nationalists have seized on debates over trans rights, spreading misleading claims about the exploitation of children and supposed conspiracies to eradicate the idea of gender. In one Reconquista meme, Pepe is shown wearing the garb of a 16th century Spanish conquistador.Īs in the U.S. Reconquista also borrows the same rhetoric used by far-right groups in the U.S., and even some of the same online memes, including Pepe the Frog, a crudely drawn amphibian who has become a mascot for white supremacist and antigovernment groups in the U.S.
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