OPINION: Want to start a quarrel in France? Mention Islam
The Local John Lichfield John Lichfield 09:30 CET My theme is 'what didn’t happen' and why it can sometimes be more important than what did happen, writes John Lichfield in his latest article exploring the troubled relationship between Islam and the French state. The problem is that, in the present quarrelsome age, it’s not always easy to separate the two. Add the words “Islam” and “Islamism” and the debate rapidly moves from the tricky to the impossible. My first example is the French government’s proposed law on “reinforcing Republican principles” which will be passed by t...