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
Cyprus
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
Armenia
Belarus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Hungary
Iceland
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Monaco
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Slovakia
Islam is a major religious minority in the Russian Federation, which has the largest Muslim population in Europe.[2] According to the US Department of State in 2017,[3] Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population. One of the Grand Muftis of Russia, sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin, estimated the Muslim population of Russia at 25 million in 2018.[4]
Recognized under the law and by Russian political leaders as one of Russia's traditional religions, Islam is a part of Russian historical heritage, and is subsidized by the Russian government.[5] The position of Islam as a major Russian religion, alongside Orthodox Christianity, dates from the time of Catherine the Great, who sponsored Islamic clerics and scholarship through the Orenburg Assembly.[6]
The history of Islam and Russia encompasses periods of conflict between the Muslim minority and the Orthodox majority, as well as periods of collaboration and mutual support. Robert Crews's study of Muslims living under the Tsar indicates that "the mass of Muslims" was loyal to that regime after Catherine, and sided with it over the Ottoman Empire.[7] After the Russian Empire fell, the Soviet Union introduced a policy of state atheism, which impeded the practice of Islam and other religions and led to the execution and suppression of various Muslim leaders. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Islam regained a legally recognized space in Russian politics. Despite having made Islamophobic comments during the Second Chechen War, President Vladimir Putin has since subsidized mosques and Islamic education, which he called an "integral part of Russia's cultural code",[8][9] and encouraged immigration from Muslim-majority former Soviet states.
Muslims form a majority of the population of the republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in the Volga Federal District and predominate among the nationalities in the North Caucasian Federal District located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea: the Circassians, Balkars, Chechens, Ingush, Kabardin, Karachay, and numerous Dagestani peoples. Also, in the middle of the Volga Region reside populations of Tatars and Bashkirs, the vast majority of whom are Muslims. Other areas with notable Muslim minorities include Moscow, Saint Petersburg, the republics of Adygea, North Ossetia-Alania and Astrakhan, Moscow, Orenburg and Ulyanovsk oblasts. There are over 5,000 registered religious Muslim organizations,[10] equivalent to over one sixth of the number of registered Russian Orthodox religious organizations of about 29,268 as of December 2006.[11]
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^Lunkin, Roman; et al. (2005). "Ислам" [Islam]. In Bourdeaux, Michael; Filatov, Sergei (eds.). Современная религиозная жизнь России. Опыт систематического описания [Contemporary Religious Life of Russia. Systematic description experience] (in Russian). Vol. 3. Moscow: Keston Institute; Logos. pp. 78–212. ISBN 5-98704-044-2.
^"RUSSIA 2017 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2018.
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^Bell, I (2002). Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
^Azamatov, Danil D. (1998), "The Muftis of the Orenburg Spiritual Assembly in the 18th and 19th Centuries: The Struggle for Power in Russia's Muslim Institution", in Anke von Kugelgen; Michael Kemper; Allen J. Frank, Muslim culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, vol. 2: Inter-Regional and Inter-Ethnic Relations, Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, pp. 355–384,
^Robert D. Crews, For Prophet and Tsar, pp. 299-300 (Harvard, 2006)
^"Vladimir Putin says Muslim schools can help stop "destructive" ideas". Newsweek. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^Traynor, Ian (13 November 2002). "Get circumcised, angry Putin tells reporter". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^Page, Jeremy (5 August 2005). "The rise of Russian Muslims worries Orthodox Church". The Times. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^Сведения о религиозных организациях, зарегистрированных в Российской ФедерацииПо данным Федеральной регистрационной службы, декабрь 2006 (in Russian)
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