Kaizen D. Asiedu argues that recent unrest in Paris cannot be explained simply as a dispute over school funding, saying the violence instead reflects deeper problems involving immigration, assimilation, religion, and national identity.
Asiedu challenged the idea that the unrest should be viewed primarily through the lens of education policy.
“Oh, they’re just students protesting over school funding. Got it. So, how does looting Louis Vuitton fix a teacher shortage? Does burning century-old buildings give them better school buildings? Does burning a grandma’s car get teachers hired? And what’s with all the Palestinian flags? Is Palestine the name of a school district in Paris?”
He then tied the Palestinian flags seen during the unrest to what he described as a broader religious and cultural divide.
“Actually, you know what Gaza has in common with some of the rioters? Islam, and a third world mindset.”
Asiedu said France has experienced a major demographic shift over the past several decades and argued that many newer arrivals came from societies with different cultural norms.
“France, here’s what you did in 1985: half a percent of the population was Muslim. Today, it’s 15 times higher, and these aren’t Muslims from first-world countries like UAE or Qatar. They’re from third-world countries, and if you don’t like that term, you can call them developing.”
He added that he was not arguing that people from developing countries were inherently inferior, but that cultural differences can create friction when integration fails.
“That doesn’t mean they are worse humans, but it does mean those humans have very different cultural software from their fellow Frenchmen.”
Asiedu repeatedly used a software metaphor to describe what he sees as cultural incompatibility.
“So, if you try to merge first and third world software, you get bugs. If you try to merge Christian and Muslim software, you get bugs. Bugs can be fixed if you acknowledge they exist.”
He then escalated the analogy by arguing that ignoring those differences can produce more serious problems.
“But if you don’t, and then you merge first world Christian software with third world Muslim software, you get a virus.”
Asiedu also cited attitudes toward Sharia law as evidence of what he sees as a conflict between religious identity and French civic identity.
“Third world Muslims do not think like first world Christians. 57% of French Muslims under 25 say Sharia law matters more than the laws of France.”
He said the Islamic concept of the Ummah helps explain why Palestinian flags appear during unrest that is otherwise framed as being about domestic French issues.
“In Islam, there’s a concept of the Ummah, which is one’s global identity as a Muslim. That’s why you see Palestinian flags everywhere, because for them fundamentally, this isn’t about schools. It’s about tribalism, and it’s okay to notice that.”
Asiedu stressed that he was not accusing all Muslim immigrants of rejecting assimilation.
“Obviously, it’s not all Muslim immigrants, but it is the ones who don’t see France as one people.”
He then pointed to younger Muslims who sympathize with Hamas and argued that some immigrant-descended youths have adopted a worldview centered on conflict between oppressors and the oppressed.
“It’s the quarter of young Muslims who sympathize with Hamas, who see the world as oppressed versus oppressor, who want to take, not assimilate?”
Asiedu said the age and family backgrounds of many people arrested during the unrest also support his argument.
“86% of the rioters who have been arrested are minors. Many of them are children of immigrants.”
He blamed France for allowing large-scale immigration without ensuring successful integration across generations.
“France, you allowed millions of people with a third-world Muslim mindset to immigrate. Then they had kids who did not assimilate.”
Asiedu also made clear that he does not oppose immigration in principle, pointing to his own family.
“Look, immigration is not inherently bad. My parents came from Africa to America, and they assimilated, and they may try it too.”
He compared France with Spain, arguing that immigration levels alone do not determine whether a country experiences unrest.
“I was also in Madrid when they won the World Cup, and they had almost no violence, even though Spain has more immigrants than France. What matters is the quality of compatibility.”
Asiedu then listed several major sporting events in France that he said were followed by riots, including Paris victories in the Champions League in 2025 and 2026, France’s 2018 World Cup victory and its appearance in the 2006 World Cup final.
“Paris wins the Champions League in 2025. Riots. Paris wins again in 2026. Riots. France wins the World Cup in 2018. Riots. France makes it to the finals in 2006. Riots. But in 1998, when France won the World Cup, no riots.”
He attributed that contrast to immigration and failed assimilation.
“The difference is immigration.”
Asiedu also pointed to demographic changes in Paris suburbs and linked them to unrest in 2005, 2023 and the present.
“In the Paris suburbs, the most common baby name is now Muhammad. The same suburbs where the riots started in 2005 and 2023, and today, there’s an obvious pattern of people from a particular group being disruptive, and not addressing it is disruptive to everyone, including the Muslim immigrants who came to France to be French, not to be entitled.”
Paris keeps burning because of third-world Muslim immigration. https://t.co/r67RnnYjFa
— Kaizen D. Asiedu (@thatsKAIZEN) October 22, 2026 [1]
Asiedu’s broader argument is that France’s problem is not immigration by itself, but whether newcomers and their children assimilate into a common national culture. He said failing to acknowledge cultural and religious differences only makes those tensions harder to address.