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  • French Muslim leaders reject blame for riots-(Demand France unconditional surrender )

    11/17/2005 10:58:55 AM PST · by Flavius · 20 replies · 1,090+ views
    Reuteurs ^ | 11.17.05 | Tom Heneghan
    PARIS (Reuters) - French Muslim leaders denounced on Thursday efforts to blame Muslims and Islam for recent riots in the country's rundown suburbs and said they saw worrying signs of growing prejudice against their faith here. ADVERTISEMENT Many young rioters may have been from Muslim backgrounds, but their violent outburst was a protest against unemployment, poor housing and other bias they faced because of their foreign origins, they told journalists. Urban violence, which some politicians in France and some media abroad portrayed as a kind of Muslim uprising, fell back to normal levels on Thursday after three weeks in which...