actually, this is a clever move by pragmatic French leaders and thinkers - successfully push back against noxious, anti-western ideology
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What they doing is pragmatic because the French see what’s heading their way and they foresee that its going to compound the already existing problems of identity politics within their country.
They realize the dangers to French culture and society and are laying a political foundation to contain the problem. They are clearly trying to identify and brand the approaching threat to raise national awareness.
In other words they are trying to get out in front of the oncoming assault of insidious wokeism and prevent it from getting a foothold.
I applaud their efforts and hope they can contain it better than we have.
> I applaud their efforts and hope they can contain it better than we have. <
Agreed. But their efforts are doomed to failure. Many studies have shown that the children of Western Muslims are - in general - more radical than their parents. So time is in the side of the Islamists.
What can the government do? They can make laws to keep radical Islam out of the public schools. But they cannot control what’s being said in the homes, and in the mosques.
Plus there’s the Internet. Many young Muslims are radicalized that way.
How will this all turn out? Civil war? A partition? Or will the snake eventually swallow the rabbit?