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.
不久前还自认为其现代性永久稳固的欧洲大陆，如今发现其所珍视的自由受到了围攻。发生在法国的伊斯兰极端分子对讽刺杂志《查理周刊》(Charlie Hebdo)办公楼的袭击，标志着一次对启蒙运动核心价值观——言论自由的攻击。在其他地方（最新的例子是德国），具有伊斯兰恐惧症的极端分子正在挑战社会宽容，而欧洲和平正是基于宽容而建立起来的。这是一个反民主的邪恶联盟。
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