France is not a race. That would be xenophobia, which is a different brand of bigotry.<p>Not speaking Arabic is a grey area -- not all Muslims are Arabic, despite the fact that the Quran is written in Arabic and only canonical in that language. There are millions and millions of Muslims who do not speak Arabic, and rely on their clergy to teach them the Quran.<p>While it&#x27;s apparently not the case here, the absence of an arabic-speaking component on the production team does not <i>necessarily</i> preclude a Muslim component on a production team.