Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Politics & Polices: France struggles to control rioting / World Peace Herald, 7 Nov 2005

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051107-101123-2752r
Claude Salhani
"Often faced with discrimination and lack of education, an increasing number of the young fell into petty crime, pushing drugs, pick-pocketing, etc., and soon found themselves in prison. Although Muslims make up about 10 percent of France's population, they represent close to 60 percent of the country's incarcerated population.

'There, in prison, the imams were waiting for them,' said Sfeir. More precisely, it was radical imams who turned to recruit followers in the jails of France. This trend was being repeated across Europe. "