New Party Campaigns to Give French Muslims a Voice

French voters head to the polls Sunday for the first time since last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Experts predict the far right National Front will score strongly in the regional elections, coasting on fears of immigration and terrorism.   But a new party, the Union of French Muslim Democrats (UDMF), is campaigning to give Muslims greater representation in French politics and to show Islam and French secularism can coexist. The UDMF does not expect to win many votes. Just...

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