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Islam is the second largest religion in Norway after Christianity. As of 2020, the number of Muslims living in Norway was 182,607 (3.4% of the total population). [2] [3] [4] The majority of Muslims in Norway are Sunni, with a significant Shia minority. 55 percent of Muslims in the country live in Oslo and Viken.
While Christianity had been present in Norway dating back at least to the rule of Haakon the Good (c. 920–961), the first king to attempt to convert Norway to Christianity, successful attempts to formally incorporate Norway as a Christian kingdom and the complete conversion of its population did not occur until the 1000s at the earliest. [2]
The move came as a consequence of three individuals who contacted Yousuf themselves, when they became interested in Islam. Following their conversion, the Ahmadiyya Community of Norway was founded. [1] [2] However, the Community was first officially registered in the country in 1974, following larger immigration of Pakistani Ahmadis into Norway ...
After his conversion to Islam, he later became the founder of the Kedah Sultanate. [208] Shah Shahidullah Faridi (born John Gilbert Lennard) – British convert. [209] Ibn Sahl of Seville – Jewish poet and diplomat, born in 1212–3 to a Jewish family in Seville; Mubarak Shah (Chagatai Khan) – He was the first Chagatai Khan to convert to Islam
Conversion to Islam is adopting Islam as a religion or faith. People who have converted to the religion often refer to themselves as "reverts." Conversion requires a formal statement of the shahādah, the credo of Islam, whereby the prospective convert must state that "there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
In Norway as of 2019, 68.7% of the population are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as compared to 96% in the 1960s. [2] Kevin Boyle's 1997 global study of freedom of religion states that "Most members of the state church are not active adherents, except for the rituals of birth, confirmation, weddings, and burials.
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.
Anti-Islam sentiment in Norway (2 C, 7 P) I. Islamism in Norway (2 C, 3 P) M. Mosques in Norway (1 C, 2 P) N. Norwegian Muslims (4 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Islam ...