Sorry, France. I can’t work up a lot of sympathy. You don’t invite the Devil to dinner and expect him not to stay for dessert. You’re worried about image when your worries should be for your survival and soul.
France tries to force assimilation by forbidding the wearing of headscarves in public schools; they are determined to try to make these people “French” (and expel them if they don’t abide by that). I wish we were as firm as them.