In French "banlieues" means ghetto, not Arabic neighborhood: WSJ Opinion
REVIEW & OUTLOOK Les Misérables France's Muslim underclass goes to the barricades. Sunday, November 6, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST Every night for more than a week, the suburbs of Paris have been a showcase of Europe's failure to integrate its immigrants. Most of the rioting youths were born in France to African parents and speak French. Yet these second- and third-generation immigrants feel little attachment to France, much less a bright future there, and herein lies the problem. Home to Europe's... Sign in to see full entry.