Ithasshutdown a mosqueontheedgeofParis, dismantledatleastthreeMuslimassociationssuspectedoffermentingextremistviewsandvowedtoacceleratelegislationtocounterIslamicbehaviorthatrunsagainsttherepublic's values.
HiscommentshaveangeredsomeMuslimsaroundtheglobebydescribingIslamas a religionincrisisallovertheworldanddefendingfreespeechthatsomedeemedblasphemousorinflammatory.
Thepresidenthasalsospokenofcreating a socalledIslamofFrance, orwhathehasmorerecentlytermedandenlightenedIslamthatiscompatiblewithhiscountry's secularvalues.