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Why are French protesters chanting ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’?
Source: Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera · Published
The slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.
The slogan has come to represent a whole array of grievances that lie at the heart of the protest movement.
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