A depressing although not altogether surprising study by the National Academy of Sciences has shown that Muslims in France face greater discrimination in the French job market than Christians.
The researchers sent off CV's of a Christian and a Muslim to companies and perhaps given the political discourse in France about Niqab's etc the Christian received considerably more favourable responses than the Muslim.
More generally the Muslim population in France is about 4 million which is roughly 6% with over 2000 Muslim religious sites so clearly France has a considerable and important job in ensuring its Muslim citizens are fully integrated into society and not segregated as a result of racist attitudes and sentiment that sadly still prevail which presumably could be a legacy of France's colonial past.
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