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France: A crisis of faith in secularism, 10 years after the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ attack
For some, a secular state is the foundation of an open society, which allows both faith and blasphemy. For others, secularism is an excuse to justify Islamophobia. The Islamist attacks of 2015 left a wound in French society that has opened up a debate on the idea of laïcité