The BBC tiptoes carefully around the issue of exactly who is causing all this destruction in the suburbs of Paris, even as the intifada continues to spread: French riots spread beyond Paris.

The violence that has wracked Paris suburbs over the past week has spread to new areas and outside the French capital for the first time.

Youths burned buildings and more than 500 vehicles in the eighth consecutive night of rioting. Nearly 80 arrests were made in Paris.

Cars were torched in the eastern city of Dijon, and sporadic unrest broke out in southern and western France.

The unrest was sparked by the deaths of two teenagers of African origin.

The only hint, buried in the penultimate paragraph of this report:

Muslim leaders have urged politicians to show respect for immigrant communities.

Here is a slideshow of photographs from the Paris Intifada: Youths Riot in Paris Suburbs on Yahoo! News Photos.