I raised the possibility that the French concentrated their recruitment efforts in Muslims communities.
I had previously pointed out that the strongest colonial french support by far came out of the non-Vichy sub-saharan colonies: chad, gabon, cameroon, middle congo, and ubangu-chari.
You suggested that, but without evidence.
Furthermore, all colonies were "non-Vichy" after 1942.
Given those statistics, even concentrated intentional muslim recruitment in four out of five of those colonies would still produce a small minority of the troops raised there...
That makes no sense. If the French recruited mostly Muslims, then the majority of the troops would be Muslim.
which is a far cry from the vague and unspecific numbers originally suggested by you, when you attemtped to claim nearly all French african colonial forces for islam.
I said that Muslims constituted a plurality among religious groups in the FFL's African army.
You did so to suggest, without evidence, that the French concentrated recruitment efforts among muslims.
You suggested that, but without evidence.
Actually, the colonies that De Gualle controlled are a matter of historical record. Only one of them had a substantial muslim population.
Furthermore, all colonies were "non-Vichy" after 1942.
...which makes them three years late compared to the non-muslim De Gaulle colonies.
That makes no sense. If the French recruited mostly Muslims, then the majority of the troops would be Muslim.
Except that you've provided no evidence of that ever occuring.
I said that Muslims constituted a plurality among religious groups in the FFL's African army.
Given the sparsity of numbers until now and the evasiveness of your tongue, that is far from clear.Early on you were suggesting that muslims and the FFL were virtually synonymous.
It is also a dubious assertion at best, considering that the mahometan colonies were all latecomers to De Gaulle's forces. Of course you could easily put the matter to rest by being forthright on your statistics. Put another way:
(Muslim FFL/Total FFL)*100=% Muslim
From there we can figure out their percentage in the total allied effort.