The term Muslim Europe is used for the predominantly Muslim countries of Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Kosovo, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. As well as Muslim majority regions in Europe, including western parts of North Macedonia, Sandžak region within Serbia and Montenegro, Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria,[1] and many Muslim majority republics within Russia such as Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. It is also used for the Muslim community in Europe. Islam has had a historical stronghold in the Balkans since the Ottoman wars in Europe.[2]
- Islam in Albania, 65% (2024 IRI Western Balkan Poll).[3]
- Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 51% (IRI Western Balkan Polls 2024).[4]
- Islam in North Macedonia, 32.17% (2021 census)[5]
- Islam in Kosovo, 95.6% (2011 census)[6]
1% (Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia, Ukraine)
4%–5% (Denmark)
5%–10% (Sweden, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Georgia, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom)
60%–80%
(Albania) 80%–95%
The number of Muslims in European countries is estimated at 44 million, or 5% of the total population.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rhodope Mountain History". Rhodope Mountain Missions. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ Okey, Robin (2007). Taming Balkan Nationalism. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "IRI Western Balkan Poll 2024". IRI. 2024.
- ^ "Western Balkans Regional Poll" (PDF). IRI Western Balkans Poll. 2024.
- ^ https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2022/2.1.22.10-mk-en.pdf
- ^ "Kosovo", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2024-07-03, retrieved 2024-07-07
- ^ The Global Religious Landscape: Muslims, Pew Research Center, 18 December 2012
Sources
edit- H. T. Norris (1993). Islam in the Balkans: Religion and Society Between Europe and the Arab World. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-977-5.
- Mesut Idriz; Osman Bakar (2014). Islam in Southeast Europe: Past Reflections and Future Prospects. ISBN 978-99917-1-276-5.
- Nezar AlSayyad; Manuel Castells (2002). Muslim Europe Or Euro-Islam: Politics, Culture, and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization. Lexington Books. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-7391-0339-5.
- https://www.myndighetensst.se/bidrag/organisationsbidrag/bidragsgrundande-statistik/statistik-2021.html