A quote from a French article by F. Bousquet, translated on David Orland’s blog, 14 April 2007

One thing is obvious: integration is impossible unless it takes account of Islam. Islam is consubstantial with Arabness. It is not up for negotiation in exchange for successful integration. Integration, if it is to happen, will occur by means of Islam. They will become French but not free-thinkers, Buddhists or Catholics. This is why, in their view, Philippe de Villiers [a French traditionalist Catholic] is badly mistaken. Not so Le Pen. With Le Pen, one does not sense the hostility regarding Islam that infuses a good part of the French right. The FN is seen much more as an anti-immigrant party than as an anti-Islamic one. The fight against immigration remains at the heart of its program. However, these immigrants are in the process of becoming the very substance of its electorate. That is the paradox. Le Pen’s positions on Islam and foreign policy have something to do with it.