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  2. Islam in France - Wikipedia

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    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. [5 ...

  3. Religion in France - Wikipedia

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    In Paris and the surrounding Île-de-France region, French Muslims tend to be more educated and religious, and the vast majority of them consider themselves loyal to France. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Among Muslims in Paris in the early 2010s, 77% disagreed when asked whether violence is an acceptable moral response for a noble cause or not; 73% said that ...

  4. French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in ...

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    France banned Muslim girls in state schools from wearing abayas. In August 2023, French education minister, Gabriel Attal, said that the long, flowing dresses worn by some Muslim women, would be banned as they breached the "principle of secularism", particularly by those pupils "wearing religious attire like abayas and long shirts.” [32]

  5. Muslim schools caught up in France's fight against Islamism

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    An estimated 6.8 million Muslims live in France, data from France's statistics agency shows, around 10% of the population. Islam is the country's second-largest religion after Catholicism. There ...

  6. French Council of the Muslim Faith - Wikipedia

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    The Council of the Muslim Faith was originally created to help Islamic France to be better represented and to help regulate things that go along with the religion. The council is in charge of regulating things such as halal meat, holidays, and mosque construction in France.

  7. France's education minister bans long robes in classrooms ...

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    Islam is the second religion in France. A 2021 law against what officials refer to as “separatism” was aimed at further strengthening French secularism, notably by increasing oversight of ...

  8. Islam by country - Wikipedia

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    South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...

  9. France expels 'radical' Tunisian imam - interior minister - AOL

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    France has expelled a Tunisian Muslim cleric for "radicalism" and "unacceptable remarks", Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a statement on Twitter. In an earlier statement, Darmanin said ...