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Islam in Kosovo has a long-standing tradition dating back to the Ottoman ... Map showing percent of Islamic Faith in Kosovo, 2011 ... By region or country; Kosovo ...
According to the 2012 European Social Survey, the population of Kosovo was about 88% Muslim, 5.8% Catholic, 2.9% Eastern Orthodox, 2.9% irreligious, 0.1% Protestant and 0.4% another religion. [8] In 2010, according to Pew Research Center, Kosovo had 93.8% Muslims and 6.1% Christians (mainly Orthodox but also Catholics and even Protestants).
Most Albanians in Kosovo are Muslim. [47] [10] Almost all Muslims in Kosovo are Sunni. Sufism is the main form of Islam practised. [47] Dervishes are shunned by the official government-supported Islam. [47] The Serb population is largely Serbian Orthodox.
In the countries of the Malay Archipelago, Muslims are in the majority in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. About 15% of Muslims reside in Sub-Saharan Africa, [28] [page needed] [13] [29] and sizeable Muslim communities are also found in the Americas, Russia, China and Europe. [11] Western Europe hosts many Muslim immigrant communities where ...
The Muslim population in Europe is extremely diverse with varied histories and origins. [4] [5] [6] Today, the Muslim-majority regions of Europe include several countries in the Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and the European part of Turkey), some Russian republics in the North Caucasus and the Idel-Ural region, and the European part of Kazakhstan.
The vast majority of Kosovo Albanians are Sunni Muslims. There are also Catholic Albanian communities estimated between 60,000 to 65,000 in Kosovo, [67] [68] concentrated in Gjakova, Prizren, Klina and a few villages near Peja and Viti. Converting to Christianity is growing among Kosovo Albanian Muslims in Kosovo. [69] [70]
Nearby Greece passed same-sex marriage into law earlier this year, becoming the first Orthodox Christian country to do so. But in Kosovo, which is more than 90-percent Muslim, Prime Minister Kurti ...
The term Muslim Europe is used for the predominantly Muslim countries of Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Kosovo, and Azerbaijan.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 ...