lingering reputation
but despite its rapid rise in popularity, the kebab has a lingering reputation --- perpetuated in part by hidden-camera TV shows that have exposed some insalubrious kitchen conditions --- of greasy junk food served in dodgy corner shops by non-assimilated Muslim immigrants.
Whit food often used as a metaphor for French identity, the National Front has made a campaign issue opposing the widespread supply of halal meat, something it sees as Islam impinging on French traditions.
The metaphor is not restricted to meat. One right wing politician created a furore in 2012 by repeating an unsubstantiated anecdote about how a schoolchild had a pain au chocolat --- a quintessential French pastry --- snatched frome his hands by Muslims who were fasting for Ramadan.
Campaigning for local elections last elections last March, National front candidates across the country criticised the rise of kebab shops, with one coining the phrase that France was undergoing "kebabisation".