At least 100,000 Muslims died serving France during World War I. It's important to commemorate their sacrifices, especially when the country is gripped by anti-Muslim prejudice.
Anger has been growing over France’s defence of the cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad, objections over which centre on the intent to ridicule Islam at large in a country where overtly practicing can come hand-in-hand with discrimination.
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