9/11 at 25: How the ‘War on Terror’ helped mainstream Europe’s far right
- Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the political order built in their aftermath continues to shape Europe.
- The Global War on Terror (GWOT) helped far right parties in Europe gain political prominence they had long been denied.
- Islamophobic narratives that shaped global policy after 2001 legitimised an anti-Muslim racism that had already been building within Europe’s far right for years.
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- Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the political order built in their aftermath continues to shape Europe.
- The Global War on Terror (GWOT) helped far right parties in Europe gain political prominence they had long been denied.
- Islamophobic narratives that shaped global policy after 2001 legitimised an anti-Muslim racism that had already been building within Europe’s far right for years.
Sources: Al Jazeera