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There are dozens of independent Islamic societies in Finland. The oldest one is Finnish Islamic Association which was established in 1925. It has about 700 members of whom all are Tatars. The society has mosques in Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti. The only building established only as mosque in Finland is Järvenpää Mosque. [citation needed] The ...
Islam is the second-largest religion in Europe after Christianity. [2] Although the majority of Muslim communities in Western Europe formed as a result of immigration, [3] there are centuries-old indigenous European Muslim communities in the Balkans, Caucasus, Crimea, and Volga region.
Mosques in Europe by country ... Islam in Finland (5 C, 7 P) Islam in France (8 C, 27 P) G. Islam in Georgia (country) (4 C, 9 P) Islam in Germany (12 C, ...
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] The number of Muslims in ...
Russia will have the largest total population of Muslims in Europe, however. [318] Most of these changes are expected to come from immigration. [318] In the Americas, Canada’s Muslim population is expected to increase to 6.6% and United States' to 2% by 2030. [318] These increases, much like Europe, are expected to be driven mainly by ...
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2016 found that Muslims make up 4.9% of all of Europe's population. [79] According to a same study conversion does not add significantly to the growth of the Muslim population in Europe, with roughly 160,000 more people leaving Islam than converting into Islam between 2010 and 2016. [79]
The prevalent faith in modern-day Georgia is Orthodox Christianity, despite the country being geographically enclosed by the Islamic world. Simultaneously, the Middle Ages and the early modern period witnessed substantial interactions with the Islamic world, fostering conditions conducive to the propagation of Islam in Georgia. [6]
The status of religious freedom in Europe varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the country ...