They go by the euphemistic term Zones Urbaines Sensibles, or Sensitive Urban Zones, with the even more antiseptic acronym ZUS, and there are 751 of them as of last count.
They are convienently listed on one long webpage, complete with street demarcations and map delineations (ATLAS DES ZONES URBAINES SENSIBLES Décret n°96-1156 du 26/12/1996)
What are they? Those places in France that the French state does not control. They range from two zones in the medieval town of Carcassone to twelve in the heavily Muslim town of Marseilles, with hardly a town in France lacking in its ZUS. The ZUS came into existence in late 1996 and according to a 2004 estimate, nearly 5 million people live in them.
For an insight into how bad things are, the police in Lyons demonstrated on November 9,2006 denouncing "violence against the forces of order." Things have reached a pretty sad state when the police have to demonstrate in the streets against the criminals.
(www.danielpipes.org/blog , November 14, 2006)
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who writes this shit? Sharia law in France? Grow up, you twat.
no need to insult. i never used or cited the term of "sharia law in france".
even when i cite exterior sources, i try to choose only information based on facts.
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