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" It is urgent to live together ." It is one of the slogans chanted this Sunday in the march against Islamophobia, a controversial demonstration that has caused divisions on the left and criticism between the extreme right.

"Yes to the criticism of religion, no to the hatred of the believer", "Stop Islamophobia", "Solidarity with women wearing veils", you could read in the banners of protesters between flags of France.

Some 13,500 people participated in the march in the capital, according to a first count made by the media and convened by various personalities and organizations such as the Collective against Islamophobia in France.

The march began to be suggested after the attack against a mosque in Bayonne and in the context of a lively debate about the country's veil and secularism.

"I am tired of being told to return to my country. I am French," says Amina, a 26-year-old computer scientist.

"We have come with a message of tolerance, to live all in unity, against discrimination. It is urgent that we stop facing each other," adds Amina.

"We want a mixed society, not to be separated," says Asmae Eumosid, a woman who is wearing a veil and is 29 years old.

"You hear about everything about Islam and about women wearing a veil. It is trying to stigmatize Muslims, " says this engineer in the automobile sector.

But since the announcement of the demonstration, the political class has not stopped facing, even on the concept of "Islamophobia."

In the march of Paris (since the demonstration has also taken place in other cities in France) several deputies of the far-left party, France Insumisa, were present next to the leader of the same, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who asked at the beginning of the same "don't confuse certain people with the value of the cause".

On the other hand, Marine Le Pen, leader of National Regrouping (formerly, National Front) said yesterday that the demonstration was "with the Islamists." Several members of the Government were also very critical of the demonstration. The Secretary of State in charge of Youth described it as "unbearable."

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