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French row over mosque isn't simply about state financing – it runs deep into Islamophobia and French secularism

  • Written by Carol Ferrara, Assistant Professor, Emerson College
French row over mosque isn't simply about state financing – it runs deep into Islamophobia and French secularismThe storm over the construction of the grand mosque in Strasbourg has been long brewing.Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images

Among the anti-Muslim slogans discovered sprayed across an Islamic community center in western France on the morning of April 11, 2021, was a reference to a mosque that hasn’t even finished being built yet.

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