Brussels: Two in five European Muslims have felt discriminated against � survey

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Study for EU�s fundamental rights agency finds 30% say they have been insulted and 2% physically assaulted in past 12 months

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Times of Ahmad | News Watch | UK Desk
Source/Credit: The Guardian
By Jon Henley | September 21, 2017

"[I]t was because of their name, skin colour or appearance."

Discrimination against Europe�s Muslims is increasing, with two in five (40%) saying they have faced unfair treatment when job- or house-hunting or accessing public services such as education or healthcare, according to the first report of its kind in a decade.

Nearly 30% of respondents in a survey said they had been insulted or called names and 2% had been physically assaulted in the previous 12 months.

The survey was carried out in late 2015 and early 2016 by the EU�s fundamental rights agency and involved 10,500 Muslims in 15 countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
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