US vs France | “We deal with terrorism as a matter of law enforcement. We don’t make it some cultural-civilizational issue where we ask minorities to change their values:” @shadihamid https://www.stitcher.com/show/east-and-west/episode/this-election-result-is-a-humiliation-for-the-woke-crowd-79277152

French laicite “basically asks some French Muslims to choose between their French identity & their Muslim identity...There should be a way to synchronize so they don’t have to choose:” @shadihamid

France should alter one of its founding ideals to accommodate 5-6% of population? “It shouldn’t alter it, but it should broaden its conception of laicite to be a bit more forgiving because Muslims are a little bit different.” @shadihamid

“If the goal is to help Muslims integrate, don’t go out of your way to alienate Muslim constituencies. Many of these Muslims are citizens. These are people who aren’t going anywhere. They are French:” @shadihamid

“The question is, how do you accommodate private religious practice? There has to be an answer beyond 'Keep that private. Don’t talk to us about it. We’re never going to accommodate it.' There’s gotta be a better way because this is the new France:" @shadihamid

"We’re dealing with this in the US too, increasing diversity...We’re having a discussion now in our country about rethinking how to interpret the founding. Countries do this. It’s inevitable if you have a more diverse population:” @shadihamid #Islam #France