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'''[[Islam]] in [[France]]''' is a minority faith. Muslims are estimated to represent around 4% of the nation's population as per [[Statista]]<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> and [[Le Monde]],<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> although [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] claims that in metropolitan France this percentage can reach 10%.<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> After conquering much of the [[Iberian peninsula]], the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad Muslim]] forces invaded modern day southern France, but were defeated by the [[Franks|Frankish]] Christian army led by [[Charles Martel]] at the [[Battle of Tours]] in 732 AD, thus preventing the possible [[Islamisation]] of Western Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ray|first=Michael|date=2019-06-13|title=Battle of Tours|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Tours-732|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628235956/https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Tours-732|archive-date=2019-06-28|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bunting|first=Tony|title=Battle of Tours|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Tours-732|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914052141/https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Tours-732|archive-date=2017-09-14|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> During a later incursion, Muslims established the fortress [[Fraxinetum]]. France's Muslim population grew starting in the second half of the 20th century, following immigration from former French [[French colonial empire|colonies]] and [[protectorates]] in Africa and the Middle East.

The majority of Muslims in France belong to the [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] denomination and are of foreign origins. Sizeable minorities of [[Shia]], [[Ahmadiyya]] and [[non-denominational Muslim]]s also exist. The French [[overseas region]] of [[Mayotte]] has a majority Muslim population.