The stated aim is to prevent the next terror attack from rising from within the belly of the banlieue, that beast looming on the periphery of Paris. A potent justification, after 11/13, that arms the state with broad latitude to profile Muslims who live there, and to expand its broader crusade of suppressing Islam.

XREF: Relates to post-9/11 security-state dynamics and racial profiling debates in the US, offering a French parallel.

Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamopho…, loc. 772