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\nJian Omar, a Berlin lawmaker of Kurdish-Syrian background, feels unprotected by police after suffering hate-filled flyers mixed with glass and faeces, a broken window and a hammer-wielding assailant since Oct 7.
\nThe three incidents at Omar\u2019s constituency office form part of increased hostility to Muslims in Europe fanned at times by politicians since the Hamas raid, more than 30 community leaders and advocates said, adding that incidents were under-reported because of low trust in police.
\n\u201cI feel really alone and if somebody with the status of an elected official can\u2019t be protected then how must others feel? said Omar. He said police were investigating but had told him they could not offer extra security at his premises.
\n\u201cImagine if a white German politician was attacked by a migrant or a refugee, he said, suggesting security forces would do more in such cases. Berlin police did not reply to a request for comment.
\nHate crime has risen dramatically in Europe, official data shows a significant, smaller increase in anti-Muslim incidents in Britain and is patchy for the other two countries.
\nIt does not fully capture the extent of attacks and hostility against individuals and mosques, including children targeted at school, according to the people, some of whom asked not to be named citing fear of retaliation.
\nZara Mohammed, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said government language, such as calling pro-Palestinian protests \u201chate marches,\u201d had made the fight against anti-Semitism and for the rights of Muslims or Palestinians a zero-sum game in many people\u2019s minds.
\nEuropean Muslims\u2019 sense of vulnerability was further heightened with the electoral victory last week of Dutch far-right populist Geert Wilders, who previously called for mosques and the Holy Quran to be banned in the Netherlands. In the United States, there has been deadly anti-Palestinian violence since Oct 7.
\nAt the Ibn Ben Badis Mosque in Nanterre, Paris, elderly worshippers fear attending the dawn prayer in the dark, two worshippers there said, after a written arson threat against the mosque in late October apparently from a far-right sympathiser.
\nRachid Abdouni, the mosque president, said a request for extra police protection was not met. Local police said they were patrolling the area but were low on resources, he said. The police did not immediately respond to a comment request.
\n\u201cDo I want my daughter to grow up in this climate?\u201d said Khalil Raboun, 42, a French-Moroccan taxi driver, speaking after Friday prayers outside the mosque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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