Concern for France and Europe

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I heard some folks in the office discussing this yesterday, and one of the ladies has friends that live in France. She was saying that they encourage these people to come from French-speaking/occupied Muslim countries, they give them "dual citizenship", but that the French don't really consider them real French citizens because they aren't white. So they come to France, find no jobs and a population that refuses to recognize their perfectly valid French citizenship. In addition they're living practically on top of eachother in those slums (drawing my silent mental comparison to our immigration probem), and the whole thing is just a recipe for disaster. I'm sure it doesn't help that France has recently engaged in some Muslim-unfriendly legislation lately. Remember that whole thing about disallowing any outward displays of religion in school? The catholics had to give up their crosses on necklaces, but the muslim girls had to give up their headscarves! Not exactly an equal trade, is it? One side gives up jewelry, the other side is forced to dress in a mode they consider immodest. Imagine if the government forced all our little girls to go to school with their navels exposed...