What's at stake for Muslims in the French election

Nothing is Foreign28:00What's at stake for Muslims in the French election

France is electing a new president this weekend and once again the culture war over Islam is front and centre.

Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate, has proposed a ban on Muslim women wearing headscarves in public, and she's in striking distance of upsetting Emmanuel Macron, France's current centrist president.

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With the debate over French identity and rampant Islamaphobia flaring up again, our guest, Rim-Sarah Alouane, a French legal scholar,says it's "draining" to feel as a French Muslim that "you are never enough."

So what does this moment mean for Western Europe's largest Muslim population? And just how close is France to the brink of a far-right future?

Featuring:

• Rim-Sarah Alouane, a French legal scholar and civil liberties expert.

Nothing is Foreign is a new podcast from CBC News and CBC Podcasts. A weekly trip to where the story is unfolding. Hosted by Tamara Khandaker.