Under Merz's CDU, life will only get worse for Germany's Muslims
- Over the past five years, Muslims in Germany have faced increased discrimination, with 68% experiencing it, according to the Muslim Coordination Council in Cologne.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz is seen as accelerating authoritarian measures that target Muslims, as noted by critics of his policies and commentaries on his election moves.
- The far-right Alternative for Germany achieved 20.8% of the vote, notably using anti-Muslim rhetoric in their manifesto, as evidenced by their campaign materials.
- Only 12% of Germany's Muslims supported Merz's conservative party in the election, according to pollsters Forschungsgruppe Wahlen.
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Under Merz's CDU, life will only get worse for Germany's Muslims
The last 18 months have been awful for Germany’s five and a half million Muslims and it looks like they are only going to get worse. Making up around 6.6 percent of the population with three million citizens, negative portrayals of Muslims and Arabs play an outsized role in the media and in politics, particularly since the start of the Israel-Gaza conflict, but with very little representation in either of these spheres. Things were already bad …
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