Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by DaisyGeekyTransGirl (talk | contribs) at 13:55, 27 February 2015 (added Category:Islam by country using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Muslims in Slovenia are ethnically mostly Bosniaks and Albanians. There are 48.266 Muslims in Slovenia, making up about 2.4 percent of the total population. There was purpose-built mosque in Slovenia, Log pod Mangartom Mosque, until the 1920s. In 2013, worked begun to build a purpose-built mosque in Ljubliana, to be complete in 2016.

Demographics

Demographics of Muslims In Slovenia by ethnicity in 2002

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 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 Izetbegovic, 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 Danilo Turk and Mufti of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina Hussein Kavazovic. 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 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

• Islam

References

1. "Muslim Population by Country: S - T". Ministry of Hajj Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
2. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/09/2013914161756283157.html
3. http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=117944
4. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/14/uk-slovenia-mosque-idUKBRE98D07A20130914

This Slovenia-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This Islam by country-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Islam in Slovenia
• Islam by country
• Slovenia stubs
• Islam by country stubs