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Line 23: | notes = }} {{Islam in Europe by country}} {{Islam by country}} [[Islam]] is a minority [[religion in France]] that is followed by around 3 million to 5.7 million people in [[France]], which is around 4% to 10% of the nation's population.<ref>{{Cite web |date= December 16, 2022 |title= Sense of belonging to a religion in France 2020 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/996244/feeling-belong-religion-france/ |website=Statista}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= October 13, 2022 |title= Poll: French people's ambiguous relationship with religion |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/10/13/poll-french-people-s-ambiguous-relationship-with-religion_6000147_7.html |website= Le Monde}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 2023 |title= Religious diversity in France: intergenerational transmissions and practices by origins (2019–2020)|url= https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/7342918?sommaire=7344042 |website= Insee}}</ref><ref name="insee.fr">{{Cite web |title=Religious diversity in France: intergenerational transmissions and practices by origins − Immigrants and descendants of immigrants {{!}} Insee |url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/7342918?sommaire=7344042 |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=www.insee.fr}}</ref> Line 33 ⟶ 34: According to a survey in which 536 people of Muslim origin participated, 39% of Muslims in France surveyed by the polling group IFOP said they observed Islam's five prayers daily in 2008, a steady rise from 31% in 1994, according to the study published in the Catholic daily ''[[La Croix (newspaper)|La Croix]]''.<ref name=":32">{{cite news|last=Heneghan|first=Tom|date=17 January 2008|title=French Muslims becoming more observant|website=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-muslims/french-muslims-becoming-more-observant-idUSL176050220080117|access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref> Mosque attendance for Friday prayers has risen to 23% in 2008, up from 16% in 1994, while [[Ramadan]] observance has reached 70% in 2008 compared to 60% in 1994.<ref>''L'Islam en France et les réactions aux attentats du 11 septembre 2001, Résultats détaillés,'' [[Ifop]], HV/LDV No.1-33-1, 28 September 2001</ref> Alcohol consumption also declined from 39% to 34%.<ref name=":32" /> The Insee and the National Institute for Demographic Studies in france found that the use of the veil for Muslim women has increased by 55 percent in ten years, from 2009 to 2020. And that 26% of Muslim women between the ages of 18 and 49 advocate its use. Observable increase among all geographic origins, for the second and third generation, with higher percentages, however, among women who arrived from Turkey and the Middle East.<ref>https://newdailycompass.com/en/france-immigration-strengthens-muslim-presence</ref> ==History== Line 152 ⟶ 155: In November 2019, French authorities closed cafés, schools, and mosques in about 15 neighborhoods due to them disseminating [[political Islam]] and [[Communitarianism|communitarian]] ideas.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-11-15 |title=Islamisme politique: écoles et lieux de culte fermés dans une quinzaine de quartiers |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/islamisme-politique-ecoles-et-lieux-de-culte-fermes-dans-une-quinzaine-de-quartiers-20191115 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125075801/https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/islamisme-politique-ecoles-et-lieux-de-culte-fermes-dans-une-quinzaine-de-quartiers-20191115 |archive-date=2019-11-25 |access-date=2019-11-25 |website=Le Figaro.fr |language=fr}}</ref> In October 2020, President [[Emmanuel Macron]] announced a crackdown on "Islamist separatism" in Muslim communities in France, saying a bill with this objective would be sent to parliament in "early 2021." Among the measures, would be a ban on foreign [[imam]]s, restrictions on [[home schooling|homeschooling]], and the creation of an "Institute of Islamology" to tackle [[Islamic fundamentalism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-macron-separatism/macron-launches-crackdown-on-islamist-separatism-in-muslim-communities-idUKKBN26N20W?il=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003082312/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-macron-separatism/macron-launches-crackdown-on-islamist-separatism-in-muslim-communities-idUKKBN26N20W?il=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 3, 2020 |title=Macron launches crackdown on 'Islamist separatism' in Muslim communities |website=Reuters |date=2 October 2020 }}</ref> His government introduced a bill that would punish with jail terms and fine any doctor who provides [[virginity]] certificates for traditional, religious marriages. [[ANCIC (organization)|ANCIC]] stated it supported the government's stand against "virginity tests" but warned that in some cases women were in "real danger" and "a ban would simply deny the existence of such community practices, without making them disappear". The association suggested that the issue be "tackled quite differently so that women and men free themselves and reject the weight of [such] traditions."<ref name=tests>{{cite news |date=5 October 2020 |title=France plans punishment for virginity tests|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54434080 |work=[[BBC]] | access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> On 16 February 2021, the law passed the lower house 347—151 with 65 abstentions.<ref>{{cite news |title=French MPs approve bill to combat Islamist extremism |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20210216-french-mps-approve-bill-to-combat-islamist-extremism |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=France 24 |date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> === Terrorist attacks in France === Line 175 ⟶ 178: === Religiosity === According to a poll by [[Institut français d'opinion publique]] in 2020, 46% of Muslims gave the view that their religious beliefs were more important than the values and laws of the French Republic, more than twice the fraction of the French public (17%). Among Muslims under 25 years of age a large majority (74%) considered their religion more important than French laws and values.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Droit au blasphème, caricatures, liberté d'expression… Les Français sont ils encore " Charlie " ?|url=https://www.ifop.com/publication/droit-au-blaspheme-caricatures-liberte-dexpression-les-francais-sont-ils-encore-charlie/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=IFOP|language=fr-FR}}</ref> A report from 2024, stated that the French Institute of Statistics reports that 76 percent of Muslims believe that religion is very important and involves every aspect of life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=France, immigration strengthens Muslim presence |url=https://newdailycompass.com/en/france-immigration-strengthens-muslim-presence |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=newdailycompass.com |language=en}}</ref> === LGBT acceptance === Line 267 ⟶ 272: A [[Pew Forum]] study, published in January 2011, estimated 4.7 million Muslims in France in 2010 (and forecasted 6.9 million in 2030).<ref name="Pew2011">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/The-Future-of-the-Global-Muslim-Population.aspx |title=The Future of the Global Muslim Population |date=27 January 2011 |access-date=2011-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723032443/http://www.pewforum.org/The-Future-of-the-Global-Muslim-Population.aspx |archive-date=2013-07-23 |url-status=live }}</ref> The French polling company [[IFOP]] estimated in 2016 that French Muslims number between 3 and 4 million and criticized suggestions of a significant demographic religious slide (The so-called [[:fr:grand remplacement|Grand Remplacement]] in French politics). IFOP claims that they make up 5.6% of those older than 15, and 10% of those younger than 25.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/Religion/Religion-famille-societe-qui-sont-vraiment-les-musulmans-de-France-810217 |title=Religion, famille, société : Qui sont vraiment les musulmans de France |access-date=2016-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919133551/http://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/Religion/Religion-famille-societe-qui-sont-vraiment-les-musulmans-de-France-810217 |archive-date=2016-09-19 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a 2023 report, the INED-[[INSEE]] surveys have stated, 91 percent of those who grew up in Muslim families claim the religion of their parents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=France, immigration strengthens Muslim presence |url=https://newdailycompass.com/en/france-immigration-strengthens-muslim-presence |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=newdailycompass.com |language=en}}</ref> An [[Interior ministry]] source in ''l'Islam dans la République'' published the following estimated distribution of Muslims by Alain Boyer by affiliated countries in 1999:<ref>[http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/014000017/index.shtml L'Islam dans la République – La Documentation française] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228010738/http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/014000017/index.shtml |date=2013-02-28 }}, Haut conseil à l'intégration, 2000, p.26</ref> Line 435 ⟶ 446: {{commons category}} {{wikiquote}}
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