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Islam in LUXEMBOURG

Islam in LUXEMBOURG

             

 

Muslims in Luxembourg are a minority together with: Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and Jews. Since 2008, Islam is legally recognized in the country.

According to the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) report, there are about 6,000 Muslims in Luxembourg. Up until the 1970s, the Muslim population was very small. In the mid-1970s, the Muslim population counted 300 people, going up to 3,000 by the mid-1990s. Since then, the population doubled due to asylum seekers from former Yugoslavia. These asylum seekers are not expected to stay more than a few years.

Of the 6,000 registered Muslims, 65% come from former Yugoslavia: 1,900 from Bosnia-Herzegovina and 1,800 from Montenegro.

The Muslim community has no specifically built mosque and uses the Islamic Cultural Center of Luxembourg as a prayer place.

Veil-wearing women in public is quite rare.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Luxembourg