A vitriolic election campaign marked by anti-Islam narratives has left many French Muslims feeling marginalized

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : There are Muslims who support all French parties, he said -- people that hope to be taken into consideration by politicians, particularly regarding religious freedoms.
51% : "Laicité per se is not a problem," according to Rim-Sarah Alouane, a PhD candidate in comparative law at the University Toulouse-Capitole and a specialist on religious freedoms and human rights in Europe.
51% : The Macron government reacted furiously to a diversity campaign funded in part by the European Union last year, which depicted pictures of women wearing the headscarves superimposed over the same images without the head covering.
49% : In the words of one minister: "We can't confuse religious freedom and a campaign for the promotion of the hijab, it's not acceptable.

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