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In France, the term secularization is commonly associated with laïcité. However, it is also used to describe Muslim immigrants who were either disinclined for radical Islamism or have acculturated to French society. While emphasizing the incorporation of Muslim immigrants into the French systems, this paper examines the issue of Muslim immigrants’ secularization to France from socioeconomic and religious cultural perspectives. It is widely accepted to approach the issue of secularization from a religious cultural perspective. This perspective leads us to easily conclude that many Muslim immigrants were generally secularized with the rapid growth of the second-generation Muslim French. The decreasing participation of regular prayers in the mosque and the increasing number of mixed marriages between the French and Maghrebis are good cases for the phenomenon of secularization. The acculturated Muslims also tend to remain respectful of the principles of the French Republic. However, several problems, such as the high unemployment rate among Muslims and on-going radical Islamism related to terrorism,serve as obstacles to secularization. These obstacles need to be removed for the more favorable process of secularization and the more concrete integration of the Muslim immigrants into French society. The French government must make efforts to solve Muslims’ socioeconomic hardship so that radical Islamism cannot exert its influence upon the Muslim community in France.
