Wrong

Submitted by MacTurk (Czech Republic), Jan 9, 2015 at 18:21

The claim implicit in the headline "The 751 No Go Zones of France" is basically nonsense.

Yes there are 751 ZUS, but to claim, as Mr Pipes tries to, that these are all Muslim areas off limits to the French people and state is simply ignorant fantasy, unrelated to reality. Given that 20 of them are located in the French DOM/TOM(French Pacific and Caribbean islands and territories), where the number of Muslims is either tiny or zero, Mr Pipes' thesis fails.

In reality, ... the various ZUS were set up under the French law No 96-1156 of November - December 1996. They define, and delineate, areas in France which are in need of regeneration. Such areas are generally characterised by a high proportion of social housing(HLM)/low home ownership, high unemployment, and low ratio of high school graduation.

There are three types of ZUS, which are characterised by what tax reliefs are available., The most difficult are classed as ZFUs , or Urban Tax-Free Zones.

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