because they have an unpleasant history of racism and islamaphobia
against a large north african immigrant population?

abstaining surrendermonkeying from the current war in Iraq is probably not an airtight defence
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 12:46, archived)

Yes
I'm against the war in Iraq, but not so as not to make terrorists angry.
I wouldn't expect us to be exempt from terrorism if we hadn't gone in.
( Newington, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 12:51, archived)