[lbo-talk] Europe's Muslims: France need not take advice from the Brits

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 17 11:14:24 PDT 2006


<http://pewresearch.org/obdeck/?ObDeckID=50>

The French-Muslim Connection

Riots Aside, Is France Doing a Better Job of Integration than Its Critics?

by Jodie T. Allen Pew Research Center August 17, 2006

When Muslim youth rioted in the suburbs of France late last year, commentators were quick to fault the French "color-blind" assimilation model. "The unrest in France's cities shows that social and policing policy has failed, as well as integration," read the headline on an article in the Economist magazine on November 12, 2005.

But findings from the latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey, which included over-samples of Muslims in four European countries, suggest that the French model can claim some success, however mixed. Some aspects of that relative success are especially striking when compared with the attitudes and experiences of Muslims in Great Britain, home of the Economist.

[...]



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list