Why are French protesters chanting ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’?
The slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.
According to Al Jazeera English, the slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.
This world story centres on France.
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- France · Europe
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- French
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- World
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