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Islam in Greece is represented by two distinct communities; Muslims that have lived in Greece since the times of the Ottoman Empire (primarily in East Macedonia and Thrace) and Muslim immigrants that began arriving in the last quarter of the 20th century, mainly in Athens and Thessaloniki. Today, Muslims in Greece are mainly immigrants from ...
Before the Greek Revolution, there were also Muslims on the island of Euboea, but there were no Muslims in the Cyclades and Sporades island groups. Evliya Chelebi mentions that there were 100 Muslim houses on the island of Aegina in 1660s. [59] On most islands, Muslims were only living in and around the main centers of the islands.
[2] [3] [4] The bath was also built by Sultan Mustafa. [2] The mosque and the octagonal fountain in the yard were both registered by the Greek Ministry of Culture in 1948, shortly after the Dodecanese islands joined Greece following some decades of Italian rule. [2] The mosque's minaret was taken down in 1973, and remains destroyed to this day. [1]
The first great religious building of Islam, the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which was built between 688-692, was decorated with glass mosaics both inside and outside, by craftsmen of the Byzantine tradition. Only parts of the original interior decoration survive.
The Middle East-North Africa region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [26] other than Israel. [ 12 ] The country with the single largest population of Muslims is Indonesia in Southeast Asia , which on its own hosts 13% of the world's Muslims. [ 27 ]
Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yields a deeper understanding of the fundamental philosophical concerns of religion such as ethics ...
In a report of the United States Department of State in 2022, an estimated 81% of respondents identified as Greek Orthodox, less than 1% as Catholic and 3% as part of other Christian denominations. Muslims comprised 2% and other religions less than 1%. 15% percent identified as religiously unaffiliated. [1]
The Muslim minority of Greece is the only explicitly recognized minority in Greece. It numbered 97,605 (0.91% of the population) according to the 1991 census, [1] and unofficial estimates ranged up to 140,000 people or 1.24% of the total population, according to the United States Department of State. [2]