Far-right Islamophobic Speech in Spain

This case study analyzes the Islamophobic discourse of the Spanish far-right during 2018 and 2019. Specifically, it examines speech acts by Vox, a far-right political party founded in 2013 that experienced a significant electoral rise in the November 2019 general elections, becoming the third largest party in the Spanish Parliament. The speakers of the three speech acts examined are Vox official Twitter account in one of the cases, and relevant figures of the party in the other two: Javier Ortega Smith, Vox’s Secretary General, and Rocío Monasterio, Vox president in the region of Madrid. The speech acts analyzed contain several hallmarks of dangerous speech, including dehumanization and the threat of sexual attacks.