這個婦女如何成爲德國首個穆斯林議會主席

When Muhterem Aras became the first Muslim house speaker of one of Germany's federal parliaments in May the time could not have been more sensitive. The country had just welcomed more than 1 million refugees in 2015 — many of them Muslims.

今年五月，當穆特琳.阿拉斯成爲德國聯邦議會的第一個穆斯林衆議院議長在時，這個時間點不可能更敏感了。2015年，該國剛剛迎來了超過一百萬的難民 -他們中許多人是穆斯林。

For months tensions had risen between supporters and opponents of refugees.

幾個月來，支持和反對接納難民者之間的緊張關係持續上升。

Parliamentary presidents' words carry particular weight because of their significance for bridging the divides between various parties.

議會主席的言詞具有特別的份量，因爲他們的意義在於彌合各方的分歧。

The office could enable Aras to become a significant counterweight to the Alternative for Germany an anti-foreigner party which has double-digit approval ratings in the polls at the moment.

這個職位可以讓阿拉斯對最近在民調中取得兩位數支持率的德國新選項黨（一個反對外國人的政黨》形成重要的平衡力量。