Islam is the second most practiced religion in France, the country with the largest Muslim population in Europe. There is no doubt that France has faced various challenges in its attempt to achieve integration among its citizens and several problems have arisen over the past decades. In order to understand the complexity of issues related to assimilation and integration, it is important to understand the different aspects and identify the reasons to provide the fundamental foundations necessary to address them. In the article "France and its Muslims", published in the September/October 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, editor-in-chief and independent writer Stéphanie Giry discussed the assimilation of Muslims in France and presented several arguments on this question. However, in order to understand how French immigration and assimilation evolved over time, it is essential to first examine the historical context that laid the foundations of the French state and society. today before discussing Giry's arguments. A historical overview will also provide the appropriate context to analyze the complex social, economic and political dilemmas that have emerged and affected both immigration and integration. Before 1945, Muslim migration to Europe was quite modest and only resumed after the World War. II, when most European countries were in need of reconstruction and mutual economic interest therefore led them to recruit workers, who happened to be predominantly Muslim. Muslim immigration to countries like France continued to accelerate throughout the 1960s, but after the oil crisis of 1973, these immigrants could no longer leave and so family reunification took place in France... . middle of paper ...... times. Recognizing that many French Muslims today are making an effort to integrate and that the Islamic religion is not the cause of the failure of integration, because it shares the European commitment to universal values ​​and concerns , we would take another step towards resolving these conflicts and problems. Cited Fukuyama, F. (2010). A year of living dangerously. In J. Johnson, Global Problems, Local Arguments: Readings for Writing (pp. 267-271). Boston: Longman. Giry, S. (2006). France and its Muslims. Foreign Affairs, 85(5), 87-104. Huntington, S. (2010). The particular case of Mexican immigration. In J. Johnson, Global Problems, Local Arguments: Readings for Writing (pp. 241-246). Boston: Longman. Noor, F. (2010). Muslim riots in Europe: wasn't that part of the program? In J. Johnson, Global Problems, Local Arguments: Readings for Writing (pp. 271-273). Boston: Longman.