PM says he has ‘no desire to make Islam obsession’ in France – Middle East Monitor

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou today rejected turning Islam into a political focus or pitting French people against each other.

“I have no desire to make Islam an obsession in French society. I know it’s fashionable … but we must live together,” Bayrou said in an interview with French broadcasters BFMTV and RMC.

“I believe that in France, atheists, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists … we will have to live together,” he said. “We must not…