You actually never said it was islamophobic. The closest you got was saying "it would be a boring thread if I said 'this is islamophobic' and left it at that." Conversely, you actually defended the laws repeatedly, going so far as to say "It's a religious symbol, and in a country that prides itself on its non-religiosity it can be seen as a mark of disrespect. nothing more. i don't go around shoving my atheism down people's throats (hell, aside from my views on religious garb, i think i'm pretty open-minded on different faiths), so i don't want anyone's views forced unto me." The takeaway is that such a law does not burden Muslims any more than non-Muslims in a secular country. And, if Muslims are not actually burdened by it more than anyone else, and if the law did not seek to target Muslims specifically, then it is hard to see how such a law could be Islamophobic.
And you are terribly off base with your freedom of religion/freedom from religion nuance. In fact, you make the same argument as the American right about LGBTQ people. A woman wearing a burqa on a bus is not shoving her faith down my throat. In fact, I would be shoving my faith down her throat to say she did not have such a right. Public shows of religion, in of of themselves, are not shoving religion down another's throat. What you're asking for is erasure from the public, which we all know is dangerous, short-sighted, and breeds resentment and misunderstanding. Of course the French right will be disgustingly opportunistic and want more of these laws burdening Muslims.
