The story is set in France in the year 2022. and there is a Muslim political party that is expected to win the presidential election. The ideas are radical including women leaving the workplace to allow major improvements in the unemployment problem in France. Hourllebecq realizes that the ideas of his novel are unrealistic but he believes that Muslims are underrepresented in the French political system. Are his thoughts of a Muslim run France more realistic than he thinks? What do you think?
This reminds me of something that I learned in my Gender Studies course. We were discussing the banning of women wearing Burkas and Niqabs in France, and I learned that France has the largest Muslim population outside of the Middle East. When I read your blog post, I thought about this information. It is terrible that a country with the largest Islamic presence outside of the Middle East has such an Islamophobic book receiving so much press and attention.
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