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==France==

==France==

[[France]] has a long history of interaction with Islam. From 1837 until 1962 [[Algeria]] and much of North West Africa were administered as a French [[Imperialism|colonial province]]. For this reason alone, France was elevated to one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in 1945 due to France's historic experience in dealing with predominantly Islamic populations.

[[France]] has a long history of interaction with Islam. From 1837 until 1962 [[Algeria]] and much of North West Africa were administered as a French [[Imperialism|colonial province]]. For this reason alone, France was elevated to one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in 1945 due to France's historic experience in dealing with predominantly Islamic populations.

But tensions between France and the Islamic world run deep. Islamic Arabs to this day refer to the [[Crusade]]rs as "Franks", wherever they came from. The first ''[[fatwa]]'' issued by the [[Islamic State]] singled out particularly the "filthy French"<ref>[https://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/shaykh/ Shaykh Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī ~ Whatever of Good Reaches You is from Allah « pietervanostaeyen]</ref> :

But tensions between France and the Islamic world run deep. Islamic Arabs to this day refer to the [[Crusade]]rs as "Franks", wherever they came from. The first ''[[fatwa]]'' issued by the [[Islamic State]] singled out particularly the "filthy French"<ref>[https://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/shaykh/ Shaykh Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī ~ Whatever of Good Reaches You is from Allah « pietervanostaeyen]</ref> :

{{quotebox|Strike their police, security, and intelligence members. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European – especially the spiteful and filthy French – or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be.}}

{{quotebox|Strike their police, security, and intelligence members. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European – especially the spiteful and filthy French – or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be.}}

 

The French immigration model was largely developed to assimilate people at the close of the colonial era in the 1960s and paralleled somewhat the [[United States]] model. Immigrants were expected to abandon the culture of their place of origin, adopt French secularism and language, and fully assimilate. In the 21st century, with the mass arrival of Muslims who self-segregate, refuse French customs, and insist upon religious practices in public schools (daily prayers and coverings for females), social tensions have mounted. Many French feel immigrant demands are a threat to their republican form of government.

The French immigration model was largely developed to assimilate people at the close of the colonial era in the 1960s and paralleled somewhat the [[United States]] model. Immigrants were expected to abandon the culture of their place of origin, adopt French secularism and language, and fully assimilate. In the 21st century, with the mass arrival of Muslims who self-segregate, refuse French customs, and insist upon religious practices in public schools (daily prayers and coverings for females), social tensions have mounted. Many French feel immigrant demands are a threat to their republican form of government.