This is French secularism today? It used to be refreshingly the case for state neutrality, or even hostility, toward religion--any religion

French secularism is now merely a movement to express hostility to Islam: "Claude Guéant, a Sarkozy confidant who is now interior minister, caused more controversy Monday when he said of Islam, “It’s true that this growth in the number of faithful in this religion and a certain number of behaviors poses a problem.”"