The Muslim population in Europe has not only been enduring an increase in Islamophobic hate crimes since the November terrorist attacks in Paris, but it also suffers from legal loopholes that allow those who carry out Islamophobic attacks to go unpunished, experts told Anadolu Agency (AA).Discrimination against Muslims in Europe has increased since the attacks of Nov. 13, 2015 in Paris that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more, Bekir Güneş, head of the Belgium-based think tank Thinkout, told AA on Feb. 19. He said security policies in Europe were making a direct impact on the rights of Muslims: "Our rights should not be restricted on the pretext of terrorist incidents." He added there were certain legal loopholes in Europe that did not punish people who commit Islamophobic crimes. "In most places you cannot open a case in person," he said, adding that certain new legal arrangements for such crimes should be made.Azra Junuzovic, deputy chief of the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Unit under the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said on Feb. 19 that intolerance of and discrimination against Muslims was a serious problem in Europe. Junuzovic said discrimination against Muslims is on the rise, according to recent research. More than 40 million Muslims live in Europe, according to the U.S.-based Pew Research Center.