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Islam is a major religious minority in the Russian Federation, which has the largest Muslim population in Europe. [2] According to the US Department of State in 2017, [3] Muslims in Russia numbered 14 million or roughly 10% of the total population.
The Muslim community in Russia continues to grow, having reached 25 million in 2018, according to the grand mufti of Russia, Sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin. [68] Among these Muslims, 6,700,000 or 4.6% of the total population of Russia were not affiliated with any Islamic schools and branches. This is mainly because it is not essential for Muslims to be ...
Furthermore, Pakistan is projected to be the country with the largest Muslim population by 2030. [314] Muslims are expected to grow to 8% (52.8 million) of the total population of Europe, and this growth is expected to be the largest in the western European countries. [314] Russia will have the largest total population of Muslims in Europe ...
Countries and territories with a considerable proportion of Muslims from Islam by country as of 2010, excluding foreign workers in brackets: Data is based on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life [26] Muslim Percentage by country, 2020 Maldives 100% [27] Mauritania 99.9% [28] Gaza Strip 99.9% [citation needed] Morocco 99.9% [29]
The post centers on Muslims and their place in Russia. Recently, a Facebook post from 2013 about Russia President Vladimir Putin has had a resurgence.
The UN is projecting that the decline that started in 2021 will continue, and if current demographic conditions persist, Russia's population will be 120 million in 50 years, a decline of about 17%. [33] [32] In January 2024, the Russian statistics agency Rosstat predicted that Russia's population could drop to 130 million by 2046. [34]
Russia tightened security in its Muslim-majority North Caucasus region on Tuesday after a weekend anti-Semitic riot there, and the Kremlin-backed leader of Chechnya ordered that rioters be shot ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The plight of a Muslim minority in Russian-occupied Crimea highlights a crackdown in a region that President Vladimir Putin has tried to present as an example of the Kremlin’s ...