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Behind the Bastards

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The Paris Riots

In 2005 Islam was France's second most popular religion after Catholicism. There were seven million French citizens of Arab or African origin. They had no representation in the National Assembly, not a single member of the National Assembly was a Muslim or even Arab or African in their dissent. So there was literally no representation. And I don't think we're ever going to know precisely what occurred.

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