Sarkozy calls for tolerance but also cautions Muslims about France’s identity
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 9th, 2009 5:35 am by HL
Sarkozy calls for tolerance but also cautions Muslims about France’s identity
PARIS — Faced with swelling unease over the place of Muslim immigrants in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy called Tuesday for tolerance among native French people but warned that arriving Muslims must embrace Europe’s historical values and avoid “ostentation or provocation” in the practice of…
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