The terrorist attacks in Paris Friday night, which left at least 129 people dead and which the Islamic State claimed were retribution for the "war against Islam in France," come amid a rise in religious conflicts in the nation. France has one of Europe’s largest Muslim populations, with an estimated 5 million Muslims, but the community’s relationship with the government and broader French society is one of the most tense among immigrant groups in Europe. In recent months, as the nation has struggled to absorb a growing population of Muslim immigrants, it also has renewed its commitment to promoting, and even expanding, official state secularism. The French have become known...
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