What I don't get is why his counterparts in western Europe, those who are conservative and who deal with a more present Islamic threat, aren't as concerned as perhaps we would be in the same situation. The LePen movement wants to deport what they call Africans back to northern Africa. It's talked about as an issue of race, whereas it's about competiting civilisations. The one propounded by the immigrants and their descendants is that of Arab supremecy, and their religion. I don't get why the focus is on race animus.
Maybe it's tactical. Maybe Le Pen feels it can only get elected by appealing to the famous snobbery and bigotry of the French people. Or maybe Le Pen is of that mindset itself and the only way it can address Islam is on deplorable racial grounds. It may be emotionally and intellectually incapable of addressing Islam via means of its Qu'ran and culture.