http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD102205
"The widespread rioting in France sparked a wave of reactions in the Arab and Muslim world. Many columnists attributed the rioting to discrimination against and deprivation of the Arab and Muslim minority in France, while others blamed the immigrant communities, which, they claimed, were making no attempt to integrate into French society and thus improve their lot. The Union of French Islamic Organizations issued a fatwa stating that participation in the rioting was forbidden by Islam, while the leading French Islamist website criticized the fatwa.
Gives excerpts from the reactions in the Arab press and websites to the rioting in France: "