Europe's Identity Crisis Fuels Rising Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Updated: 1 day 3 hours ago
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LONDON (Oct. 16) -- Since the end of World War II Germany has prided itself on being a beacon of tolerance, removed from the petty hatreds that once tore Europe apart. But according to a national survey released this week, a new form of ugly xenophobia -- this time focused on Muslims, who make up around 5.5 percent of the population -- is gaining mass acceptance. More than 55 percent of those polled by researchers from the University of Leipzig declared that Arabs weren't pleasant people -- up from 44 percent in 2003 -- and 58 percent said the practice of Islam should be "considerably restricted."
（倫敦 10月16日） - 自世二戰結束德國已自鳴得意去做一盞寬容的明燈，從一度撕裂歐洲的小仇恨被移除。但據一項本周公佈的全國性調查，一種新形式的仇外心理醜陋 -這次集中在做出人口 5.5%左右的穆斯林 - 在獲得大眾的接受。超過55%的那些被萊比錫大學的研究人員所調查的，宣稱阿拉伯人不是愉快的人 - 從 2003年的44% - 和58%說伊斯蘭教的做法應該被“大量限制。”
Islamophobia isn't only on the rise in Germany. A powerful and populist strain of anti-Muslim sentiment is now taking hold across Europe -- boosting support for far-right groups, and putting mainstream politicians on the defensive.
仇視伊斯蘭教不僅在德國上升，一強大和民粹主義的反穆斯林情緒的張力，現正在全歐洲根深蒂固 - 促進極右團體的支持，並把主流政治家放在防守上。
Of course, parties with an anti-race bent aren't anything new in Europe. The anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant National Front has been a force in France for decades, and in 2000, Austria's Nazi-sympathizing Freedom Party temporarily became part of the coalition government. What is new is that the anti-outsider groups now attracting high-levels of support don't define their foes by skin color or geographic origin, but by religion.
Islamophobia is on the rise across Europe and far right wing groups are gaining more support for their anti-Muslim views伊斯蘭恐懼症正在歐洲上升，和極端右翼團體贏得更多的支持為他們的反穆斯林看法
The Sweden Democrats party -- which started out as a neo-Nazi movement -- last month entered parliament for the first time, winning 5.7 percent of the vote on the back of campaign ads that featured burqa-clad Muslim women knocking aside white Swedish pensioners and grabbing their state benefits. In the Netherlands, the anti-Islam Freedom Party of Geert Wilders -- who believes the "fascist" Koran should be banned, along with immigration from Muslim countries -- gained a record 24 seats in the June elections. And in Britain, thousands of hooligans from the English Defence League -- which claims to be against extremist Islam, and boasts that its membership includes Jews and Sikhs -- regularly stages marches in largely Muslim urban areas, shouting anti-Islamic slogans and intimidating local residents.
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調查：德極右情緒有所抬頭 13%支持"鐵腕"領袖
排外情緒正在歐洲膨脹
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