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The ]s in ] are ethnically ] and ].{{Fact|date=September 2013}} There are 48.266 ] in Slovenia, making up about 2.4 percent of the total population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muslim Population by Country: S - T|url=http://www.hajinformation.com/main/d21s.htm|publisher=Ministry of Hajj Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|accessdate=2014-04-17}}</ref> There was purpose-built mosque in Slovenia, ], until the 1920s. In 2013, worked begun to build a purpose-built mosque in Ljubliana, to be complete in 2016.
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The ]s in ] are ethnically mostly ] and ].<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCAU6Bz5QIEC&pg=PA312 |title=Muslims in Poland and Eastern Europe: Widening the European Discourse on Islam |pages=307–326 |chapter=The Muslim Other in Slovenia. Intersection of a Religious and Ethnic Minority |first=Veronika |last=Bajt |editor-first=Katarzyna |editor-last=Górak-Sosnowska |year=2011 |isbn=9788390322957 |publisher=University of Warsaw Press}}</ref> In 2014, there were 48,266 Muslims in Slovenia, making up about 2 percent of the total population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muslim Population by Country: S - T|url=http://www.hajinformation.com/main/d21s.htm|publisher=Ministry of Hajj Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|access-date=17 April 2014}}</ref> The Muslim community of Slovenia is headed by {{Interlanguage link|Nedžad Grabus|sl}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.islamska-skupnost.si/mesihat/predstavnik-mesihata-mufti/ |title=Predsednik Mešihata – Mufti Nedžad Grabus |language=sl |trans-title=The President of Meshihat – Mufti Nedžad Grabus |access-date=9 June 2015 |archive-date=12 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412154812/http://www.islamska-skupnost.si/mesihat/predstavnik-mesihata-mufti/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are also a few Muslim migrant workers from ]; however, they are not counted in the census, because they are not citizens of Slovenia.


==Demographics== ==Demographics==
'''Demographics of Muslims In Slovenia by ethnicity in 2002'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=57 |title=Population by religion and ethnic affiliation, Slovenia, 2002 Census |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia |access-date=9 June 2015}}</ref>
'''Demographics of Muslims In Slovenia by ethnicity in 2002'''
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
!width="100px"|Ethnicity !width="100px"|Ethnicity
!width="80px"|Muslims{{Fact|date=September 2013}} !width="80px"|Muslims
!width="80px"|Percentage !width="80px"|Percentage
|- |-
|]||38,923||73.64% |]||19,923||41.95%
⚫ |-
|]||9,328||19.64%
⚫ |-
|"]"<br>(otherwise undeclared)||5,724||12.05%
|- |-
|]||5,237||11.03% |]||5,237||11.03%
|- |-
|]||1,506||3.17% |Slovene Muslims||2,804||5.90%
|- |-
|]||868||1.83% |]||868||1.83%
|- |-
|]||634||1.33% |]||634||1.33%
|- |-
|]||507||1.07% |]||507||1.07%
|- |-
|"]" (Declared as)||55||0.12% |"]"<br>(otherwise undeclared)||55||0.12%
|- |-
|]||53||0.11% |]||53||0.11%
|- |-
|]||30||0.06% |]||30||0.06%
|- |-
|]||8||0.02% |]||8||0.02%
⚫ |-
|]||8||0.02%
⚫ |-
|Did not want to reply||817||1.72%
|- |-
|Ethnically undeclared||721||1.52% |Undeclared or unknown||1,846||3.89%
|- |-
|Others||445||0.94% |Others||445||0.94%
|-
|Unknown||308||0.65%
|- |-
|Regionally declared||15||0.03% |Regionally declared||15||0.03%
|- |-
|'''Total'''||'''47,488'''||'''100%''' |'''Total'''||'''47,477'''||'''100%'''
|} |}


==Muslim buildings in Slovenia==
==21st century mosque==
⚫ ]
⚫ In September 2013 the foundation stone was laid for a mosque to be 70% funded by Qatar 44 years after the a petition was filed to build a mosque. The mosque will include a cultural centre at a cost of US$16 million to be completed in 2016 with construction commencing in November. The groundbreaking was attended by Prime Minister ] who said the building would be a "symbolic victory against all forms of religious intolerance" and that Europe would not be as culturally rich without Islam. There were about 10,000 others in attendance including Ljubljana Mayor ] and an unnamed government minister from Qatar. Slovenia's highest Islamic authority Mufti ] said: "We are happy to be starting this civic project in Ljubljana, which will thus become a better-known and a more pluralistic city."<Ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/09/2013914161756283157.html</ref> The ceremony was also attended by the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ], who said: I am happy to attend this extraordinary ceremony sharing joy with Bosniaks and Muslims all over Slovenia and Ljubljana, who will soon get their home -- a modern Islamic cultural center and a mosque. I thank the Republic of Slovenia and Ljubljana for the support to the project by providing the necessary permits and approvals for the construction. Thanks to all people of good will, the governments of friendly countries and organizations for their engagement, their voluntary contributions and donations to the Mufti Nedzad Grabus and his associates in this historic project." Other attendees were former President of Slovenia ] and Mufti of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina ].<ref>http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=117944</ref> The project had faced administrative hurdles and was a political risk in a majority Roman Catholic country. It also faced a possible referendum on the matter in 2004 with 12,000 signatures for a plebiscite; however, the ] rejected the petition on the grounds of ]. It was also controversial due to the financial crisis afflicting the country. At the ceremony, there was also a rare sight of women in headscarves.<ReF>http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/14/uk-slovenia-mosque-idUKBRE98D07A20130914</ref>
There was a mosque in ], a village now in the extreme northwest of Slovenia, ], built by the ] during World War I and probably demolished soon after the war.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.logpodmangartom.si/dzamija.pdf |title=Džamija |language=sl|trans-title=The Mosque |first=Husein |last=Sejko Mekanović |year=2011}}</ref> In 2013, works begun to build a mosque in Ljubljana, to be completed in 2016.

===Ljubljana Mosque===
⚫ In September 2013 the foundation stone was laid for a mosque to be 70% funded by ] 44 years after the a petition was filed to build a mosque. The mosque will include a cultural centre at a cost of US$16 million to be completed in 2016 with construction commencing in November. The groundbreaking was attended by Prime Minister ] who said the building would be a "symbolic victory against all forms of religious intolerance" and that Europe would not be as culturally rich without Islam. There were about 10,000 others in attendance including Ljubljana Mayor ] and an unnamed government minister from Qatar. Slovenia's highest Islamic authority Mufti ] said: "We are happy to be starting this civic project in Ljubljana, which will thus become a better-known and a more pluralistic city."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/09/2013914161756283157.html|title=Slovenia starts work on its first mosque}}</ref> The ceremony was also attended by the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ]. Other attendees were former President of Slovenia ] and Mufti of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=117944 |title = Turkey and World News.}}</ref> The project had faced administrative hurdles and was a political risk in a majority Roman Catholic country. It also faced a possible referendum on the matter in 2004 with 12,000 signatures for it; however, the ] rejected the petition on the grounds of ]. It was also controversial due to the financial crisis afflicting the country. At the ceremony, there was also a rare sight of women in headscarves.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Novak |first=Marja |date=2013-09-14 |title=Slovenia starts work on first mosque after wait of over 40 yrs |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-slovenia-mosque-idUKBRE98D07A20130914 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305220415/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-slovenia-mosque-idUKBRE98D07A20130914 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |work=]}}</ref>


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The Muslims in Slovenia are ethnically mostly Bosniaks and ethnic Muslims. In 2014, there were 48,266 Muslims in Slovenia, making up about 2 percent of the total population. The Muslim community of Slovenia is headed by Nedžad Grabus [sl]. There are also a few Muslim migrant workers from Central Asia; however, they are not counted in the census, because they are not citizens of Slovenia.

Demographics

Demographics of Muslims In Slovenia by ethnicity in 2002

Ethnicity Muslims Percentage
Bosniaks 19,923 41.95%
ethnic Muslims 9,328 19.64%
"Bosnians"
(otherwise undeclared)		 5,724 12.05%
Albanians 5,237 11.03%
Slovene Muslims 2,804 5.90%
Roma 868 1.83%
Montenegrins 634 1.33%
Macedonians 507 1.07%
"Yugoslavs"
(otherwise undeclared)		 55 0.12%
Serbs 53 0.11%
Croats 30 0.06%
Hungarians 8 0.02%
Undeclared or unknown 1,846 3.89%
Others 445 0.94%
Regionally declared 15 0.03%
Total 47,477 100%

Muslim buildings in Slovenia

An old Austro-Hungarian Mosque in Log pod Mangartom, pulled down after World War I

There was a mosque in Log pod Mangartom, a village now in the extreme northwest of Slovenia, Log pod Mangartom Mosque, built by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry Regiment No. 4 during World War I and probably demolished soon after the war. In 2013, works begun to build a mosque in Ljubljana, to be completed in 2016.

Ljubljana Mosque

In September 2013 the foundation stone was laid for a mosque to be 70% funded by Qatar 44 years after the a petition was filed to build a mosque. The mosque will include a cultural centre at a cost of US$16 million to be completed in 2016 with construction commencing in November. The groundbreaking was attended by Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek who said the building would be a "symbolic victory against all forms of religious intolerance" and that Europe would not be as culturally rich without Islam. There were about 10,000 others in attendance including Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic and an unnamed government minister from Qatar. Slovenia's highest Islamic authority Mufti Nedzad Grabus said: "We are happy to be starting this civic project in Ljubljana, which will thus become a better-known and a more pluralistic city." The ceremony was also attended by the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović. Other attendees were former President of Slovenia Danilo Turk and Mufti of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina Husein Kavazović. The project had faced administrative hurdles and was a political risk in a majority Roman Catholic country. It also faced a possible referendum on the matter in 2004 with 12,000 signatures for it; however, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia rejected the petition on the grounds of freedom of religion. It was also controversial due to the financial crisis afflicting the country. At the ceremony, there was also a rare sight of women in headscarves.

See also

References

  1. "Muslim Population Growth in Europe Pew Research Center". 2024-07-10. Archived from the original on 2024-07-10.
  2. Bajt, Veronika (2011). "The Muslim Other in Slovenia. Intersection of a Religious and Ethnic Minority". In Górak-Sosnowska, Katarzyna (ed.). Muslims in Poland and Eastern Europe: Widening the European Discourse on Islam. University of Warsaw Press. pp. 307–326. ISBN 9788390322957.
  3. "Muslim Population by Country: S - T". Ministry of Hajj Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  4. "Predsednik Mešihata – Mufti Nedžad Grabus" [The President of Meshihat – Mufti Nedžad Grabus] (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  5. "Population by religion and ethnic affiliation, Slovenia, 2002 Census". Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  6. Sejko Mekanović, Husein (2011). Džamija [The Mosque] (PDF) (in Slovenian).
  7. "Slovenia starts work on its first mosque".
  8. "Turkey and World News".
  9. Novak, Marja (2013-09-14). "Slovenia starts work on first mosque after wait of over 40 yrs". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
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