
PANIC ABOUT Islam in Europe is spreading. In several European countries half the population now thinks it is incompatible(不相容的) with Western values. On September 6th the populist-right(民粹主义右翼的) Alternative for Germany (AfD)(德国选择党) won 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt(萨克森-安哈尔特州), its largest state-election tally yet, warning about “Islamisation(伊斯兰化)” and promising forced deportation(驱逐出境)s. The same weekend in Britain hundreds of balaclava-clad(戴巴拉克拉瓦面罩的) thug(暴徒)s occupied Dover(多佛), chanting “Stop the boats(阻止偷渡船)” and “Christ is King(基督为王)”. In France Marine Le Pen(玛丽娜·勒庞)'s call to ban Islamic headscarves from public places is backed by 60% of voters.
对欧洲伊斯兰问题的恐慌正在蔓延。在几个欧洲国家,如今半数人口认为伊斯兰教与西方价值观格格不入。9月6日,民粹主义右翼政党德国选择党(AfD)在萨克森-安哈尔特州选举中赢得44%的选票,创下该党州选举得票新高;该党警告“伊斯兰化”并承诺强制驱逐。同一个周末,英国数百名头戴巴拉克拉瓦面罩的暴徒占领多佛,高喊“阻止偷渡船”和“基督为王”。在法国,玛丽娜·勒庞呼吁禁止在公共场所佩戴伊斯兰头巾,获得60%选民的支持。
The obsession(执念) has also taken root in America. The fear is less of terrorists, as it was after September 11th 2001(9·11事件), than of an Islamic plot(阴谋) to take over(接管) Europe from within(从内部). Members of the Trump administration(特朗普政府) warn of “civilisational(文明的) erasure(抹除)”.
这种执念也已在美国扎根。与2001年9月11日之后不同,如今美国人更少担心恐怖分子,而更担心伊斯兰势力从内部接管欧洲的阴谋。特朗普政府成员警告会出现“文明抹除”。
This perception(认知) is harming transatlantic(跨大西洋的) relations. It is also wrong. Europe faces no Islamic takeover, no mass radicalisation(激进化) of Muslims and no erasure of its culture. As our reporting shows, it does not have “no-go zones(禁区)”, sharia(伊斯兰教法) is not creep(悄然蔓延)ing into national law and nowhere is a demographic “great replacement(大置换)” under way(正在进行).
这种认知正在损害跨大西洋关系,而且它本身也是错误的。欧洲并未面临伊斯兰接管,没有穆斯林的大规模激进化,也没有自身文化被抹除。正如我们的报道所示,欧洲不存在“禁区”,伊斯兰教法并未悄然渗入国家法律,也没有任何地方正在发生人口上的“大置换”。