Muslims in France contend with a shifting centre

When France’s President Emmanuel Macron announced a controversial bill on so-called “Islamist separatism” last year, members of the country’s Muslim population worried about what would happen next. Now, the bill has reached the Senate. As France’s politicians try to outmanoeuvre each other from the right, what impact will their politicking have on a community that has found itself at the heart of this debate?

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Yasser Louati, human rights and civil liberties activist at the Justice and Liberties For All Committee and host of Le Breakdown; historian Christelle Rabier

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