Islam in Europe by percentage of country population[1]
90–100%
Azerbaijan
Kosovo
Turkey
70–90%
Albania
Kazakhstan
50–70%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
30–40%
North Macedonia
10–20%
Bulgaria
France
Georgia
Montenegro
Russia
5–10%
Austria
Sweden
Belgium
Germany
Greece
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Norway
Denmark
4–5%
Italy
Serbia
2–4%
Luxembourg
Malta
Slovenia
Spain
1–2%
Croatia
Ireland
Ukraine
< 1%
Andorra
Belarus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Hungary
Iceland
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Monaco
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Slovakia
Islam in Kosovo has a long-standing tradition dating back to the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. Before the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the entire Balkan region had been Christianized by both the Western and Eastern Roman Empire. From 1389 until 1912, Kosovo was officially governed by the Muslim Ottoman Empire and a high level of Islamization occurred among Catholic and Orthodox Albanians, mainly due to Sufi orders and socio-political opportunism. Both Christian and Muslim Albanians intermarried and some lived as "Laramans", also known as Crypto-Christians.[2] During the time period after World War II, Kosovo was ruled by secular socialist authorities in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). During that period, Kosovars became increasingly secularized. After the end of Communist period religion had a revival in Kosovo.[3] Today, 95.6% of Kosovo's population are Muslims, most of whom are ethnic Albanians.[4] There are also non-Albanian speaking Muslims, who define themselves as Bosniaks, Gorani and Turks.
^"Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050". Pew Research Center. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
^Reineck, Janet. Neighbors at War: Anthropological Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture, and History. Penn State Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-271-04435-4. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^"A Growing Split Between Islamic, Secular Identities In Kosovo". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
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