Colonization and what happened in colonies is a tragedy. That should never have happened. But I don't think they came up with their pool hygiene law to discriminate against Muslims.
And for the Seine.. Atleast they tried and put more than 1 billion euro into getting it cleaned for the Olympics. Before that, there was a ban to swim there.
Never have felt so old... 2005 still feels like 10 years ago for some reason