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Muslim mosque in
Tolbo village in Bayan-Ölgii aimag.
September 2003 |
1.
Islam in Mongolia
[By WIKIPEDIA]Islam in Mongolia
is mainly practised by the
Kazakhs of
Bayan-Ölgii (88.7% of total
aimag population) and
Khovd (11.5% of total aimag
population)
aimag in western
Mongolia. Some small Kazakh
communities are in various cities
and towns. The notable community is
in the national capital
Ulan Bator (Nalaikh
düüreg),
Töv and
Selenge aimags and
Darkhan city.
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Mongolia Muslims
In Mongolia today, there is a significant
minority of Sunni Muslims, constituting as much as 5% of the total
population. Most of them are ethnic Kazaks who live primarily in the far
western aimag of Bayan-Olgii (there is also a small Kazak community in and
around Nalaikh, near Ulaanbaatar
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3.
Mongolia Mufti Visits
[By The Union of NGOS of the Islamic World]
Mongolia Mufti
Azadhan Muhanoğlu
visited The Union of
Non-Governmental
Organizations of the Islamic
World (IDSB).
Muhanoğlu,
who comes Turkey as
invitatory of Hoca Ahmet
Yesevi Foundation, has acted
as representative of
Mongolia Muslims
and has displayed activity
for 15 years in order to
solve the problems of
Muslims in Mongolia and to
provide them to live up to
their conviction under
better conditions.
Muhanoğlu,
attracting attention that
about 170 hundred Muslim
live in Mongolia, having 2,5
million populations, stated
that Mongolian Muslims
became much more conscious
and there were 27 small
mosques in the region.
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