Eastern Europe Muslims

“In East European countries like Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia Muslims make up the majority of populace,” Ayman Sayed Ahmad, director of Eastern Europe Department at the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE), told IslamOnline.net’s visitors in a live dialogue on Thursday, February 3.

He added that in other countries such as Bulgaria, Ukraine and federal Russia Muslims are considered “influential minority communities”.

Ahmad put the number of Muslims in Eastern Europe at some 35 million, most of them natives.

Russia comes first with 21 million Muslims, followed by Bulgaria with 2.6 million, Albania with 2.4 million, Bosnia with 2.2 million and Ukraine with 2 million Muslims.

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