"With immigrants from Turkey, Pakistan, the Arab world, Afghanistan, Iran and, most recently, Somalia, he said, "There has been a very marked xenophobia and Islamophobia, not only because of Sept. 11, 2001. That was just the culmination." Politically, this is shown in the rise of the right-wing Danish People's Party, which holds 13 percent of the seats in Parliament and whose support is vital for the survival of the coalition government."