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A junior French minister has told young Muslims living in France they should dress properly, find a job and stop speaking slang.
Opposition politicians from the left denounced the comments by the minister for families, Nadine Morano, as racist.
The highly outspoken Morano, who is a member of President Nicolas Sarkozy's inner circle, made the remarks on Monday evening in a small town in eastern France during a government-inspired debate on national identity.
"We are not putting young Muslims on trial. I respect their situation. What I want is for them to feel French because they are French," she said in a recording played on French radio.