# 9/11 at 25: How the ‘War on Terror’ helped mainstream Europe’s far right

https://mins.news/en/item/55641

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-12 08:49 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/12/9-11-at-25-how-the-war-on-terror-helped-mainstream-europes-far?traffic_source=rss

> Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the article argues that the Global War on Terror helped Europe’s far-right parties gain political prominence. Policies, wars and media narratives that cast Muslims as threats legitimised and broadened anti-Muslim racism, giving far-right Islamophobia greater electoral force.

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