Mierin
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I don't remember a lot of the details but France is very strict in how they deal with foreigners. They want to make sure everyone conforms to everything French so they don't lose their identity. There are laws on how much French music has to be played on the radio, for example. I'm guessing Muslim women have way less rights on when/where they can wear a hijab.It's been noted in the past France is an especially fertile ground for radicalization due to having a bitterly marginalized and poorly integrated muslim minority. The prison statistics are particularly striking: muslims are only 7.5 % of the population yet make up 50% of the prison population.
Muslims in the USA, by contrast, are well integrated into society, underrepresented in prisons and less likely to succumb to radicalization.
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/french-government-revives-assimilation-policy/