The trouble is that in France, with its assimilationist tradition and its fierce rejection of multiculturalism, each generation is supposed to blend in more, not less.
ECONOMIST: Islam in France
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It has rejected both the defensive strategy and the assimilationist strategy for dealing with the Muslim world, opting for multiculturalism, a non-adhesive glue with which to hold together a press-board empire.
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