.... In what is seen as an additional swipe at Muslim applicants, who make up the majority of the 100,000 people granted French citizenship every year, Gueant said applicants had to understand the importance of the secular state and equality between men and women.
Gueant has taken a relentlessly hard line on immigration with several controversial measures, including targets for the number of illegal immigrants to be expelled and plans to reduce the number of legal immigrants allowed to come to France each year from 200,000 to 180,000.
The government has also considered revising laws to withdraw nationality granted to polygamists and convicted felons. [Los Angeles Times] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]
