Who are the Muslims in the Balkans?
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Who are the Muslims in the Balkans?
Muslim Slavs or Slavic Muslims are ethnic groups or sub-ethnic groups of Slavs who are followers of Islam. The term is most often used in the study of the Balkans, Southeastern Europe, Caucasus, Crimea, and Volga region.
Which countries are Sunni and Shiite?
Sunnis are a majority in almost all Muslim communities around the world. Shia make up the majority of the citizen population in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan, as well as being a small minority in Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Chad and Kuwait.
Is Kosovo Sunni or Shia?
According to the European Social Survey in 2012, the population of Kosovo was 88.0\% Muslim, 5.8\% Catholic, 2.9\% Eastern Orthodox and 2.9\% irreligious….Statistics.
| Religion | Population | \% |
|---|---|---|
| Islam (almost all Sunni Muslim) | 1,663,412 | 95.6\% |
| Christianity Orthodox Catholic | 64,275 38,438 25,837 | 3.7\% 2.2\% 1.4\% |
Why do the Balkans have so many Muslims?
Education, urbanization and industrialization have shaped Muslim identities in the Balkans, and so has engagement with ideas and institutions emanating from Western Europe. Today, there are three countries with Muslim majority populations: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina (without the Republika Srbska), and Kosovo.
Who spread Islam in Balkans?
Ottoman
The long history of Islam in Europe dates back to the eighth century. Islam reached the Balkans with the Ottoman conquest, having been established in Iberia (in the period of Al-Andalus, 711—1492) and in the Emirate of Sicily (948-1091).
What happened to Muslims in the Balkans?
Around 130,000 Muslims from Croatia and Slavonia were driven to Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina. Basically, all Muslims who lived in Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia were either forced to exile, murdered or enslaved.
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