o zy ' s ▁speech . ▁ ▁South ▁African ▁president ▁Th ab o ▁M be ki ▁pra ised ▁S ark o zy ' s ▁speech ▁and ▁called ▁him ▁a ▁" cit izen ▁of ▁Africa ", ▁which ▁raised ▁criticism ▁by ▁some ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁media . ▁ ▁Religion ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Nicolas ▁S ark o zy ▁published ▁a ▁book ▁called ▁La ▁République , ▁les ▁relig ions , ▁l ' esp é rance ▁(" The ▁Republic , ▁Relig ions , ▁and ▁Hope "), ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁young ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁brought ▁up ▁sole ly ▁on ▁sec ular ▁or ▁republic an ▁values . ▁He ▁also ▁advoc ated ▁reducing ▁the ▁separation ▁of ▁church ▁and ▁state , ▁arg uing ▁for ▁the ▁government ▁subs id y ▁of ▁mos ques ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁encou rage ▁Islam ic ▁integration ▁into ▁French ▁society . ▁He ▁flat ly ▁oppos es ▁finan cing ▁of ▁religious ▁institutions ▁with ▁funds ▁from ▁outside ▁France . ▁After ▁meeting ▁with ▁Tom ▁Cru ise , ▁S ark o zy ▁was ▁critic ised ▁by ▁some ▁for ▁meeting ▁with ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁Scient ology , ▁which ▁is ▁class ified ▁as ▁a ▁cult ▁( sect e ▁transl ates ▁" c ult ") ▁in ▁France ▁( see ▁Parliament ary ▁Commission ▁on ▁Cult s ▁in ▁France ). ▁S ark o zy ▁stated ▁that ▁" the ▁roots ▁of ▁France ▁are ▁essentially ▁Christian " ▁at ▁a ▁speech ▁in ▁Rome ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁He ▁also ▁called ▁Islam ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the