Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Criminal Justice
I've mentioned my not being keen on Andrew Sullivan's blog a couple of times before. One of its worst features is perhaps his indulgence in, and of, the childish, sometimes racist (if one can use such an epithet in relation to a country) and above all boring France-bashing (as opposed to Chirac-bashing, which I'm all for). Yet I can only agree with him that this is stunning:
It's corroborated here. Now, I'm something of a Francophile; I read my Le Monde, and my Swiss Roll: so how on earth did I not know this? Off the top of my head, France's Muslim population is about 8 million, 10%. Isn't this the sort of extraordinary fact that one would expect to be known by anyone who takes an interest?
"France's prison population is more than 50 percent Muslim."
It's corroborated here. Now, I'm something of a Francophile; I read my Le Monde, and my Swiss Roll: so how on earth did I not know this? Off the top of my head, France's Muslim population is about 8 million, 10%. Isn't this the sort of extraordinary fact that one would expect to be known by anyone who takes an interest?
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