Je Suis Charlie

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

In 1967 there were 1 million Muslims out of 51 million in France. Now it's 3 to 5 million(1 million are citizens), out of 66 million. So the Muslims haven't swamped France, but they are mostly poor, mostly ghettoed, and increasingly more militant, rejecting France's long held assimilation policy, demanding France change to suit them.

America also has a high influx of Muslim who feel more welcome. Even in Detroit, where the economy is particularly bad, a large and growing Muslim community considers their new home country more friendly.

Some estimates (all before this event) put at least 25% of Frenchmen with a poor opinion of Muslims. Numbers imply why French immigrant have more problems than their American immigrant cousins.