Islam in Serbia

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Islam in Europe
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Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade
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Faculty for Islamic studies in Novi Pazar
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Halal restaurant in Belgrade
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Halal shop in Belgrade

Serbia is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority faith representing around 4.2% of the total population (excluding the disputed region of Kosovo, in which Islam is the predominant faith) as per the 2022 census. [2] Islam spread to Serbia during the three centuries of Ottoman rule. The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks, Albanians and significant part of Muslim Roma as well as members of the smaller groups, like ethnic Muslims, Gorani and Serbs (Čitaci). [3]

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Demographics

According to the 2022 census, there were 278,212 Muslims in Serbia (4.2% of the total population. The largest concentration of Muslims in Serbia could be found in the municipalities of Novi Pazar, Tutin, Sjenica and Prijepolje in the Sandžak region, and in the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac in the Preševo Valley.

Muslims in Serbia (excluding Kosovo)
census 1921 [4] census 1991census 2002census 2011census 2022
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%
Muslims 97,6722.23224,1202.89239,6583.20222,8283.10278,2124.20

Ethnic groups

Geographical distribution

The municipality of Novi Pazar is home to Serbia's largest Muslim population, with 82,710 Muslims out of 100,410 inhabitants (82% of its population). The municipality of Tutin has the highest share of Muslims in Serbia, with around 94% of its population being Muslim. The Sjenica Municipality has also a very large Muslim population (79%), followed by the Prijepolje Municipality (45%). Most Albanians, who belong to the Islamic faith, living in Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa, boycotted the 2011 census, but statistics from the 2002 census show that Muslims constitute a majority in those municipalities with 89%, 55% and 29% respectively. [5]

Population Census 2011Population Census 2022
MunicipalityTotalMuslims [6] %TotalMuslims [7] %
Novi Pazar 100,41082,71082.4%106,72088,49382.9%
Preševo 3,080593 **19.3%33,44931,50594,2%
Tutin 31,15529,22093.8%33,05330,90993.5%
Bujanovac 18,0674,137 **22.9%41,06828,25468.8%
City of Belgrade 1,659,44031,9141.9%1,681,40528,2101.7%
Sjenica 26,39220,90679.2%24,08318,86078.3%
Prijepolje 37,05916,56244.7%32,21415,06646.8%
Priboj 27,1335,79321.4%23,5145,11921.8%
Novi Sad 307,7604,6011.5%368,9674,8701.3%
Požarevac 75,3342,8173.7%68,6483,2454.7%
Subotica 141,5542,7561.9%123,9523,2382.6%
City of Niš 260,2372,4861.0%249,5012,2240.9%
Smederevo 108,2091,6701.5%97,9301,7731.8%
Zrenjanin 123,3621,3911.1%105,7221,3461.3%
Beočin 15,7261,3748.7%13,8751,1568.3%
Nova Varoš 16,6381,3848.3%13,5071,0697.9%
Bor 48,6151,3382.8%40,8451,0522.6%
Medveđa 7,438581 **7.8%6,36093214,7%
Pančevo 123,4147690.6%111,4547770.7%
Kragujevac 179,4176650.4%171,1867100.4%
Šabac 115,8847600.7%105,4326690.6%
Loznica 79,3277240.9%72,0626300.9%
Kraljevo 125,4885320.4%110,1964790.4%
Prokuplje 44,4192990.7%38,0544121.1%
Mali Zvornik 12,4824723.8%11,2903622.9%
Mali Iđoš 12,0312321.9%9,9833613.6%
Vršac 52,0262530.5%45,4623340.7%
Bečej 37,3512060.6%30,6813141.0%
Sremska Mitrovica 79,9402400.3%72,5802910.4%
Kruševac 128,7522430.2%111,5822560.2%
Krupanj 17,2952291.3%17,2952291.3%
Bač 14,4051981.4%11,4311381.2%
Sombor 85,9031930.2%70,8181370.2%
Serbia (total)7,186,862222,8283.1%6,647,003278,2124.19%

** The 2011 census was boycotted by the Albanian minority

Organization

Adherents of Islam in Serbia are organized into two separate bodies: the Islamic Community in Serbia, a branch of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Islamic Community of Serbia founded in 2007 which traces its origins to the Principality of Serbia. [8] In 2012, Reis-ul-ulema Mustafa Cerić published a fatwa against Adem Zilkić, the leader of the Islamic Community of Serbia, categorizing his actions as Masjid al-Dirar . [9]

The Islamic Community of Serbia (Islamska zajednica Srbije), with its seat in Belgrade, is administered by Reis-ul-ulema Sead Nasufović. [10] It is divided into:

The Islamic Community in Serbia (Islamska zajednica u Srbiji), with its seat in Novi Pazar, is administered by Mufti Mevlud Dudić, [11] which include:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Only takes into account the Muslim population of government controlled Cyprus.

References

  1. ↑ "Muslim Population Growth in Europe Pew Research Center". 2024-07-10. Archived from the original on 2024-07-10.
  2. ↑ "Mother tongue, religion and ethnic affiliation | ABOUT CENSUS".
  3. ↑ "Čitaci".
  4. ↑ "[Projekat Rastko] Svetlana Radovanovic - Demographic Growth and Ethnodemographic Changes in the Republic of Serbia". www.rastko.rs.
  5. ↑ https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/edcoll/9789004184763/Bej.9789004184756.i-712_040.xml [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. ↑ "Religious composition of Serbia 2011".
  7. ↑ "Претрага дисеминационе базе". data.stat.gov.rs. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  8. ↑ "Zilkić ponovo izabran" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Reakcije na fetvu protiv reisa IZ Srbije" (in Bosnian). Al Jazeera Balkans. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Islamska zajednica Srbije: Sead Nasufović novi reis-l-ulema". www.novosti.rs (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  11. ↑ "POSLE OSAM GODINA SUKOBA Zilkić pozvao Dudića da se ujedine u jednu Islamsku zajednicu" (in Serbian). Blic. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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