has insisted that should she win power, she would introduce measures such as fining women for wearing hijab in public. meanwhile, in the past, emmanuel macron has said is islam was a religion in crisis. but he has not announced any plans as part of his election manifesto specific to the muslim community. even though the politicians may not be talking about islam this time round, some experts believe it remains a public issue in a country as divided as france. post war immigration and france s colonial past. that is why now immigration, islam, muslims have featured in news and public debate for the past 40 years. islam is the second largest religion in france and with a population of around 6 million muslims, the challenge for the new president will be to gather and unite french society. the question is, how will the outcome effect muslims and other religious community in the future? nora fakim, bbc news, paris.
on the economy and the rising cost of living. but a growing number of voters feel marginalised by islamophobia and anti immigration rhetoric in french politics. the bbc s nora fakim has been talking to french muslims in london and paris. meet nadia, born and raised in paris to tunisian parents. she left france and moved to the uk two years ago as she had serious concerns about the impact that france s 2004 secular laws were having on the private sector. every morning, every single morning, i was obliged to take off my headscarf before entering the office. which is very crazy. when i say this to my british colleagues, they are just amazed. they say, oh, my god. meet nadia, born and raised in paris to tunisian parents. how could it be possible? for us, it s very normal. we don t do any difference.
she would introduce measures such as fining women for wearing hijab in public. meanwhile, in the past, emmanuel macron has said islam was a religion in crisis. but he has not announced any plans as part of his election manifesto specific to the muslim community. even though the politicians may not be talking about islam this time round, some experts believe it remains a public issue in a country as divided as france. post war immigration and france s colonial past. that is why now immigration, islam, muslims have featured in news and public debate for the past 40 years. islam is the second largest religion in france and with a population of around 6 million muslims, the challenge for the new president will be to gather and unite french society. the question is, how will the outcome effect muslims and other religious community in the future? nora fakim, bbc news, paris.
on the rising cost of living. but a growing number of voters feel marginalised by anti immigration rhetoric in french politics. nora fakim has been talking to french muslims in london and paris. meet nadia, born and raised in paris to tunisian parents. she left france and moved to the uk two years ago as she had serious concerns about the impact that france s 2004 secular laws were having on the private sector. every morning, every single morning, i was obliged to take off my headscarf before entering the office. which is very crazy. when i say this to my british colleagues, they are just amazed. they say, oh, my god. how could it be possible? for us, it s very normal. we don t do any difference. i love my country because i was born there, i have all my friends there, my family there, so i would love to go back, but i can t find a job