Muslims were also precious allies in the past centuries. The Ottomans concluded a strategic alliance with France in the sixteenth century in order to counter Charles V of Habsburg. During WWI, the Ottoman Empire, already “the sick man of Europe“ were allied with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
There a are still many Muslim communities in Russia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Ukraine. In France, Muslims from Maghreb have been living with us for almost one century.
That's why Islam is also part of the European culture, like it or not.
In France, contrary to popular belief, most of the Muslim population is secularized. You would be surprised to see yourself how many of the Muslim girls wear mini-shorts and low-cut dresses in summer.
These secularized Muslims are the hidden part of the iceberg. All foreigners only talk about Salafists and Sharia Law, but all what they know from France was learned on TV, preferably Fox News.
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