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Within this social landscape, ISIS finds success. France has contributed more foreign fighters to ISIS than any other Western country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the NYRB: France has one of the largest Muslim minorities in Europe. French Muslims are also predominantly a social underclass, a legacy of France\u2019s colonial past and indifference to its aftermath. 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