Acontinent that not so long ago thought its modernity eternally secure now finds precious liberties under siege. In France, the attack by Islamist extremists on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo marked an assault on the pivotal Enlightenment value of freedom of expression. Elsewhere — most recently in Germany — Islamophobic extremists are challenging the tolerance on which Europe has built its peace. This is an unholy alliance against democracy.
不久前還自認爲其現代性永久穩固的歐洲大陸，如今發現其所珍視的自由受到了圍攻。發生在法國的伊斯蘭極端分子對諷刺雜誌《查理週刊》(Charlie Hebdo)辦公樓的襲擊，標誌着一次對啓蒙運動核心價值觀——言論自由的攻擊。在其他地方（最新的例子是德國），具有伊斯蘭恐懼症的極端分子正在挑戰社會寬容，而歐洲和平正是基於寬容而建立起來的。這是一個反民主的邪惡聯盟。
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