Scott's broad and exhaustive research makes for a bracing account of the debate.

Scott on Conversations with History, discussing her book, cited in Lalami's article, The Politics of the Veil:

Cat: "light of laïcité" -- alliteration

Picture Copé with a snout, small eyes and a corkscrew tail.  Now picture Marianne exhorting Copé as she colors his lips bright red, with the caption: "Go forth to les Bosquets and bring them the good news of laïcité."

The march of civilizations is a series of defenses that man has put up against the dread of pure existence.