Islam in Luxembourg

Muslims in Luxembourg are a minority together with: Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and Jews. Since 2007, Islam is legally recognized in the country. [cite web|url=http://www.wort.lu/articles/5957651.html, Benjamin|date=2007-07-24|title=wort.lu article on recognition of Islam (in German)]

According to the EUMC report, there are about 6,000 Muslims in Luxembourg. Up until the 70s the Muslim population was very small. In the mid-70s the Muslim population counted 300 people, going up to 3,000 by the mid-90s. 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.

References

External links

* http://www.islam.lu/ (French and German)
* [http://eumc.eu.int/eumc/material/pub/anti-islam/collection/Luxemburg.pdf Luxembourg] from: Anti-Islamic reaction in the EU after the terrorist attacks against the USA
* [http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/ecri/1-ECRI/2-Country-by-country_approach/Luxembourg/Luxembourg_CBC_3.asp Third report on Luxembourg] by the European Court of Human Rights (§ Muslims)