French Muslims Seething With Rage
Yes, again.
The BBC interviews some French Muslims who seem to be confused about the meaning of assimilation; they think France needs to adapt to them, not the other way around. And if France doesn’t, they’ll form their own state within a state.
Already frustrated by poverty and what they perceive to be discrimination, their anger has been further increased by the French Parliament’s passing of a law banning headscarves and other religious symbols from schools.
Some have even said that there is a risk French Muslims may choose to live in their own “state within a state”.
“French society needs to accept us, because if they don’t, it’s going to lead to Muslims opening their own schools,” said Lokman, a 22-year-old student and part-time teacher in Les Minguettes, told BBC World Service’s Looking For God In Les Minguettes programme.
“Then they’ll really keep to themselves. Already, there isn’t much dialogue between the two groups. Then there won’t be any at all.
“You’ll have Muslims on one side, and everyone else on the other.
“It will be like having a state within a state.”