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Data from the 2000s for the rates of growth of Islam in Europe showed that the growing number of Muslims was due primarily to immigration and higher birth rates. [108] In 2017, the Pew Research Center projected that the Muslim population of Europe would reach a level between 7% and 14% by 2050. The projections depend on the level of migration.
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 ...
This is a list of the largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states, based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2010 population estimates from the report's 2007 revision).
The following is an archived discussion of List of cities in the European Union by Muslim population's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page.Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination"s page, the nominated article's page, or the Did you know page.
Muslims are expected to grow to 8% (52.8 million) of the total population of Europe, and this growth is expected to be the largest in the western European countries. [318] Russia will have the largest total population of Muslims in Europe, however. [318] Most of these changes are expected to come from immigration. [318]
Date: 8 January 2011: Source: File:Blank map of Europe - Atelier graphique colors with Kosovo.svg; File:Islam in Europe-2.png; w:en:List of countries by Muslim population
Arab presence in Europe predates Islam, and became predominant during the eras of the Roman and Byzantine Empire.The Romans conquered the Nabatean Kingdom in the Southern Levant, and named the province Arabia Petraea, and led a failed invasion of Yemen and South Arabia and what they called Arabia Felix or "Happy Arabia".
With 20th-century migrations, Muslims in Western Europe have become a noticeable minority. According to the Pew Forum, the total number of Muslims in Europe in 2010 was about 44 million (6%), [87] [88] while the total number of Muslims in the European Union in 2007 was about 16 million (3.2%). [89]