Young, Muslim and French

There are no official figures for the number of angry young Muslim men from North African immigrant backgrounds living in France. The secular Republic is officially color blind, meaning that compiling statistics about ethnicity or religion is not allowed. This fact was thrown into sharp focus by the seven murders carried out across the south west of the country by 23-year-old Mohammed Merah in March. According to the initial French government line, Merah was a “monster”—a lone wolf who...

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