This is France’s chance to send a signal to the world: A temperamental child of Muslim immigrants is as French as anyone else in this country. Zidane is not an ideal choice. But he is the right one.

Retired French football star Zinedine Zidane was surrounded by cheering fans as he returned to his parents' homeland Algeria for the first time in 20 years. He visited an earthquake-hit village in ...

This is France’s chance to send a signal to the world: A temperamental child of Muslim immigrants is as French as anyone else in this country. Zidane is not an ideal choice. But he is the right one.