Their “religion” and faith is “diversity”, the catchy term for universalism, the idea that all limits to human altruism are immoral.
Universalism is the basis of the post-war European moral settlement, and it has motivated two of its great revolutions .. European integration and the creation of multi-ethnic societies. This followed two appalling nationalist-fuelled wars, and Europe’s universalist leaders believe that nations “lead to war”, in the words of the EU President Herman Van Rompuy. Any opposition to universalism, whether to trans-national governments or open borders, is therefore racism, xenophobia or “far-Right rhetoric”.
French people have no freedom of speech. Their legal system labels any criticism of Islam as hate speech and hauls the speaker into court for a trial which ends up with the levy of hefty fines. Brigitte Bardot was punished many times for speaking out. The French people are so used to editing their speech and thoughts that they can’t think any other way.