Muslims in France face a tougher time landing a job interview than their Christian counterparts, suggested a study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The team of U.S. and French researchers conducted the research by sending out 275 pairs of identical resumes, except that some had a fictitious Muslim applicant from Senegal and others had a Christian one.”For every 100 positive responses received by the fictitious Senegalese Christian applicant, ‘Marie Diouf,’ Marie’s Muslim counterpart, ‘Khadija Diouf,’ received only 38 responses, or two-and-a-half times fewer,” said the study.The only differences in the applications were the names and two indicators of religious identity. They were sent to companies in France that were seeking office workers.
