Dolgov B.V. – candidate of sciences (Ph.D in History), Senior researcher, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The evolution of the Moslem community in France and keeping its different directions of the Moslem identity in the context of the secular society are examined in this article; the review of the main Moslem organizations is given too. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the Moslem community's activity in the social-political and religious live and the increasing of the Islam’s influence in the French society.
French Moslem community, classical Islam, Islamic identity, «communautarisme», social and economical problems, djihadism.
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