France has always been insecure as a country in terms of a country-wide identity. The French are vehemently opposed to anything non-French, I'm surprised they haven't already enacted a ban on Muslims period. France is an extremely conformist society, there's a rigid set of values and practices, anything else is taboo and unacceptable.
This isn't as much about France targeting Muslims as it is about France being extremely unilateral.
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