In 2004, French Cardinal Bernard Panafieu, the Archbishop of Marseilles called the ban "unenforceable" While agreeing that some Muslim immigrants have had trouble adjusting to a "lay, pluralistic society" he asserted that the ban was wrong as it prevented Muslims from "asserting their identity" and that it would be "better to act through persuasion than by compulsion" if the state wanted to limit the use of religious symbols.[10]