Sarkozy made Muslim religious practice a precondition for French immigration

Evidence

In highlighting the blurring of boundaries that exist between immigration and security and their incorporation of Muslims and Islam, throughout this process Sarkozy quite openly referred to Islam in his rhetorical justifications, arguing that any new migrants to France must be willing to accept the publication of religious cartoons in newspapers and for women to have identity photographs taken without wearing the hijab or niqab, two direct references to Muslims and Islam. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 583

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: France’s laïcité secularism now targets Muslim identity almost exclusively — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 496; Counter-terrorism justification armd France to broadly profile and suppress Muslims; Muslims faced apostasy to become French citizens, making assimilation nearly impossible (+5 more)

Related

• France’s laïcité secularism now targets Muslim identity almost exclusively (similarity 0.83)
• French mainstream parties mainstreamed fringe Islamophobic rhetoric about the hijab (similarity 0.82)
• French establishment shifted from denouncing to embracing the Muhammad cartoons by 2020 (similarity 0.81)
• Anxiety about Muslim integration, not neutral principle, drove France’s 2004 ban. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Muslims faced apostasy to become French citizens, making assimilation nearly impossible #exemplifies (0.85)
• France stiffened citizenship requirements by demanding proof of cultural Frenchness #expands (0.85)
• France’s laïcité secularism now targets Muslim identity almost exclusively #corroborates (0.82) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 496
• The Hijab Ban solidified the idea that Muslim and French are clashing identities #expands (0.80)
• Counter-terrorism justification armd France to broadly profile and suppress Muslims #expands (0.78)
• French citizenship in West Africa required Muslims to renounce personal status for civil law. #exemplifies (0.78)
• French mainstream parties mainstreamed fringe Islamophobic rhetoric about the hijab #complicates (0.75)
• French secularism and anti-Catholic school history predate and complicate anti-Muslim motivations. #complicates (0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 613