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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Countries covered

Edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen (Editor-in-Chief), Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Brigitte Maréchal, Christian Moe Albania Bulgaria Georgia Latvia Netherlands Slovenia
Armenia Croatia Germany Liechtenstein Norway Spain
The presence of Muslims in Europe has attracted increasing attention over the last two, three decades. Researchers started devoting Austria Cyprus Greece Lithuania Poland Sweden
attention to the subject during the mid- and late 1980s. In the last two decades it has also attracted growing political attention and Azerbaijan Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg Portugal Switzerland
public debate. The events of 11 September 2001 in New York and Washington DC, followed by a number of other terrorist attacks, Belarus Denmark Iceland Macedonia Romania Turkey
dramatically increased the general interest in Islam and Muslims, now often driven not only by security considerations, but also by Belgium Estonia Ireland Malta Russia Ukraine
social apprehension. It has become clear from these events that there is a serious lack of reliable and up-to-date information about Bosnia/ Finland Italy Moldova Serbia United Kingdom
the situation of Muslims in individual European countries. Answers to simple questions, such as “How do (other) countries deal with Herzegovina France Kosovo Montenegro Slovakia
Muslim burial?”, “Which countries have Islamic schools, and how do these function?”, or “Do other European countries make space
for Islamic family law?” are not easily found. Things are changing rapidly and published data is quickly becoming outdated.
The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe provides an up-to-date account of the situation of Muslims in Europe. Covering 45 countries of
western, central and south-eastern Europe, the Yearbook consists of three sections. The first section presents a country-by-country
summary of essential data with basic statistics with evaluations of their reliability, surveys of legal status and arrangements,
organizations, etc. providing an annually updated reference source. The second section contains analysis and research articles on
issues and themes of current relevance written by experts in the field. The final section gathers reviews of recently published books
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of significance. The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe is an important source of reference for government and NGO officials, journalists,
policy makers as well as researchers. 14 Public Opinion and Debate

Public debate on Islam has continued to centre on the plans for an

Islamic cultural centre and mosque in Ljubljana, which are opposed by
a few politicians on plainly xenophobic grounds. The main represen-
tatives of the Islamic Community were positively portrayed inter alia
in a European context (see section 15). Muslims are not very visible
in the media, but both their visibility has increased and the quality of
reporting has improved over the last decade.

15 Major Cultural Events

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During the Slovene presidency of the EU in the rst half of 2008,
the Mufti took part in high-level events connected with the European3 Main Muslim Organisations
Year of Intercultural Dialogue. In autumn 2008, the City Museum of
Ljubljana held a pioneering exhibition on the life of Muslims
There in Slo-a dozen registered Muslim organisations throughout
are almost
venia. There are several ethnic cultural societies andLithuania.
Muslim women’s
The main one is the Vilnius-based Lietuvos Musulmon’ Sunit’
associations active in arranging cultural events and Dvasinis
festivals,Centras
including
—Muftijatas (The Spiritual Center of the Lithuanian
religious content. Sunni Muslims—Muftiate, Vivulskio str. 3, Vilnius), (re)established
in 1998 and dominated by Lithuanian Tatars. The mufti is elected
for a ve-year term by representatives of local Muslim (until today
exclusively Tatar) congregations. Most other Muslim organisations
(which are also dominated by Lithuanian Tatars) are subordinate to the
Now
Muftiate. The Muftiate has close relations with the Turkish embassy
which supplies imams (appointed as cultural attachés at the Turkish
cove ring embassy) for the Vilnius congregation. They are paid by the Turkish
4 6 countrie s ! state and each remains in post for four years. The current imam is
the fourth to be appointed under this arrangement. However, a much
Volume 2 Volume 1 more active organisation is the Arab dominated Kaunas-based Lietuvos
musulmon’ jaunimo bendrija (Lithuanian Muslim Youth Society, Totori’
• October 2010 • October 2009 str. 6, Kaunas), which is engaged in translating and publishing religious
literature, and organises and takes part in the religious education of
• ISBN 978-90-04-18475-6 • ISBN 978 90 04 17505 1
local Muslim young people. There are no other Muslim organisations
• Hardback (circa 650 pp. ) • Hardback (562 pp.) of note, though some are engaged in the propagation of Islam on the
• List price EUR 199.- / US$ 283.- • List price EUR 159.- / US$ 225.- Internet (e.g., a congregation called al-Tauhyd registered in Klaipëda).
• Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 2 • Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 1
4 Mosques and Prayer Houses

Although a century ago there were well over a dozen purpose-built

Jørgen S. Nielsen, Ph.D. (1978) in Arab history, American University of Beirut, has researched and published extensively on Islam
mosques, only four of them remain (three wooden, built in late nine-
in Europe, including Muslims in western Europe (3rd ed., Edinburgh University Press, 2004). He is currently Professor of Islamic Studies teenth and early twentieth centuries, one brick, built in early 1930s), of
at the University of Copenhagen. which only the Kaunas (brick) mosque is regularly used, by both local
Samim Akgönül, Ph.D. (2001) historian and political scientist, is Associate Professor at Strasbourg University and researcher Tatars and foreign (mainly Arab) students. In addition, in the capital
at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He studies the evolution of minority concepts as well as religious city Vilnius there is one ofcial prayer hall adjacent to the Muftiate,
which is used by Tatars, Turks and others. A purpose-built mosque is
minorities in Eastern and Western Europe. expected to be erected in the near future on the outskirts of Vilnius,
Ahmet Alibašić is a lecturer at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, and director of the Center for Advanced as the Vilnius City Municipality has nally allocated a plot for that
Studies in Sarajevo. He was educated in Kuala Lumpur (Islamic studies, political sciences, and Islamic civilization). He also served as purpose in 2008. However, the Muslim community has not yet formally
the first director of the Interreligious Institute in Sarajevo (2007-2008). accepted the offer. It is known that some Muslim groups (presumably
ethnically/nationally orientated) gather for prayer in private apartments
Brigitte Maréchal, Ph.D. (2006) in sociology, graduated in political sciences and islamology, is Professor at the Université and other unofcial prayer halls (both in Vilnius, and in Klaipëda and
Catholique de Louvain. She is director of Cismoc (Centre Interdisciplinaire d’Etudes de l’Islam dans le Monde Contemporain) and has Panevëžys).
published extensively on European Islam.
Christian Moe, Ph.D. candidate, history of religion, University of Oslo, is a freelance writer and researcher in Slovenia, focusing on Scaled sample page from the
Balkan Muslims, human rights, and religious reform. He is co-editor of New Directions in Islamic Thought (I.B. Tauris, 2009). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe.