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From Clichy to cliché(...) Gilles Kepel, an Arab specialist, and a team of researchers, spent a year in two, north-east of Paris: Clichy-sous-Bois, where the 2005 riots began, ruled by the left; and Montfermeil, ruled by the right. They hung out in schools, housing projects, fast-food joints, mosques and sports halls, interviewing 100 locals. Their conclusions, in a report for the Institut Montaigne, are striking. The banlieues are becoming “more isolated”, and marked by an “intensification of Muslim identity” in reaction to unkept promises of integration. The report notes a tendency for Muslim children to opt out of school meals because of a lack of halal food. The researchers say leaving to buy a kebab impedes “socialisation” in the schools. People also express “very strong” hostility to marriage with non-Muslims. Almost all regularly attend mosques. The study links the growing grip of Islam to the state’s failure to promote integration. New back-office jobs in the Seine-Saint-Denis department require skills that are in short supply among Clichy school-leavers. A sense of isolation prevails. It takes longer to go by public transport from central Paris to Clichy, 15km (9 miles) away, than to Lille, 220km to the north. “Islam,” argues Mr Kepel, “is acting as a substitute for the role that isn’t being played by the republic.” (...) Télécharger En savoir plus En vidéo |
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