[fhayek]

They go out of their way to emphasize that he is "Paris-born" and a "Frenchman". This is suppose to blunt anti-immigrant criticism. In my view, it only highlights the problem. Muslims born in France are no more French than the leaning tower of Pisa. They are Muslims, first last and always. Second generation. Third. They have no desire to assimilate.

[MNDude]

” In my view, it only highlights the problem. Muslims born in France are no more French than the leaning tower of Pisa. They are Muslims, first last and always. Second generation. Third. They have no desire to assimilate. “

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[Dagnabitt]

So true. Much of the recent horror inflicted on France by its Muslims has come at the hands of second- or even third-generation immigrants. The fact that they were birthed within the boundaries of France is meaningless.