Viktor Orban, a leader notorious for racist tirades, described the Muslim presence in the European Union as a problem.
It has become one of the most pressing issues in the region and there's no silver bullet to fix it.
Moscow has played a significant role in propelling the conflict between the two neighbours by creating autonomous regions in Azerbaijan and drawing controversial borders.
Some analysts see a connection between today's Islamophobia and the toxic Serbian nationalism of the 1990s, which sought to erase the Muslim Bosnian presence in the Balkans.
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