Europe’s New Fascists - NYTimes.com

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  • Europe’s New Fascists - NYTimes.com

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    By WILLIAM WHEELER
    Published : November 17, 2012

    Supporters of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party sing the Greek national anthem during a rally in May commemorating Constantinople’s fall in 1453.

    ONE evening in September 2011, Ali Rahimi, a 27-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, was hanging around with friends outside his building in central Athens when more than a dozen Greeks approached. Several men set upon Mr. Rahimi, one with a knife. Panicked, he fled into his apartment and fought back, managing to push the men out the door. He found blood gushing from just above his heart, one of five stab wounds in his back and chest.

    Mr. Rahimi survived and is staying put for now. But his friend, Reza Mohammed, who was also injured in the attack, is considering what was once unthinkable: moving back to Afghanistan, which he feels would be safer than Greece.