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EU report: half of Dutch Muslims experienced discrimination in the past year

by AI | 24.Oct 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The discrimination of Muslims in the European Union is increasing, according to research by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.

Many Muslims experience discrimination when they want to rent or buy a house. PHOTO: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

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VIENNA (ANP) – Half of the Dutch Muslims have experienced discrimination in the past year, which is more than the average in the European Union (38 percent). This is according to a report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights presented on Thursday.

This Vienna-based EU agency researches racism and discrimination and periodically releases reports comparing EU countries with each other and with previous periods.

The report “Being Muslim in the European Union” also shows an increase in discrimination against Muslims across the European Union. In the report, 47 percent of European Muslims say they have been discriminated against in the past five years. In a similar study by this agency in 2016, it was still 39 percent.

Muslims in Austria experience the most discrimination compared to other European countries, according to the recent report. Of them, 66 percent indicated they had been subjected to name-calling or encountered difficulties renting or buying a house the previous year.

The survey was conducted in 2021 and 2022 among 9,604 Muslims from thirteen EU member states, of whom 1,192 were from the Netherlands. The report points out that the situation may have changed as the data date from before the start of the war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, 2023.

(October 24, 2024)

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