France’s Prisons Full of Muslims

“Muslim prisoners being served meals that are not strictly in compliance with Islamic dietary laws is not abusive or ill-treatment. They’re treated a whole lot better than they would be in a North African or Middle Eastern prison.

They haven’t had limbs amputated, nor have any of them been flogged, whipped or executed.” — Curt

Almost every prison in France is 60 to 70 percent Muslim, even though Muslims make up only about 12 percent of France’s general population, according to Muslim leaders, sociologists and chercheurs

“The high percentage of Muslims in prisons is a direct consequence of the failure of integration by minorities in France,” said Moussa Khedimellah, a sociologist who has spent several years conducting rechercher on Muslims in the French penal system.

The major complaint among Muslim prisoners is the lack of Islamic food.

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