Muslim Europe

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The term "Muslim Europe" refers to the predominantly Muslim countries of Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Kosovo, and Azerbaijan.[citation needed] (Islam has had a historical stronghold in the Balkans since the Ottoman wars in Europe.[1]) It also includes Muslim-majority regions in other European nations, including western parts of North Macedonia,[citation needed] the Sandžak region within Serbia and Montenegro,[citation needed] the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria,[2] and many Muslim-majority republics within Russia.[citation needed] "Muslim Europe" can also be used to describe the Muslim community in Europe.[citation needed]

Islam in Europe by country:
  1% (Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia, Ukraine)
  1%–3% (Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia)
  3%–4% (Greece, Norway, Spain)
  4%–5% (Denmark)
  5%–10% (Sweden, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Georgia, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom)
  10%–20% (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Montenegro, Russia)
  20%–60% (Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia)
  60%–80%
(Albania)
  80%–95%
(Kosovo)
  >95% (Turkey, Azerbaijan)

As of 2012, the number of Muslims in Europe was estimated at 45 million, or 6% of the total population of Europe.[3]

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