I heard this interesting segment on NPR this afternoon, and I couldn’t wait til the morning to mention it. They are doing a series on Muslims in Europe, and today’s segment talked about Muslims in France. Interesting stuff. In a nutshell, the French citizens generally look like xenophobic bigots, who refuse to acknowledge the existence of the Muslims. In fact, the treatment of Muslims in parts of France closely resembles the American South of the 1950s and 60s.

I find it a bit interesting that a country which is so against a war in Iraq because of what it might do to the population there wants absolutely nothing to do with a similiar group within their own country.

Posted on 26 February 2003