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There are an estimated 20,000Muslims in theCzech Republic, representing 0.2% of the country's population.[2] The growingTurkish community form the largest Muslim population in the country.[3]
According to the 2010 census, there are around 3500 Muslims in the Czech Republic (less than 0.1% of country's population), compared to 495 in 1991.
In the Czech Republic, there are three mosques inPrague,Brno and one mosque inKarlovy Vary.
The first documented visit of a person with knowledge ofIslam was made (964-965) byÍbrahím ibn Jaqúb, a Jewish convert to Islam fromthen-Muslim Spain. His memoirs were later published to become one of the first accounts about Central Europe in the Islamic world.
During both sieges ofVienna,reconnaissance war-parties of the advancing Ottoman armies reachedMoravia. Strong trade links betweenAustria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire emerged during the 19th century. Individual Muslims from the late 19th century began to settle in Czech lands after Bosnia became part of theAustro-Hungarian empire.[4]
Traditionally, the influence of Islam on the culture of Czech lands has been small.
A law 1912 by theAustro-Hungarian monarchy recognised Islam as a "state religion" and officially allowed its presence in what is now the Czech Republic. The first community (Muslimské náboženské obce pro Československo) was established in 1934 and disbanded in 1949. An attempt to set up a new community in 1968 failed. In 1991, theCenter of Muslim communities (Czech:Ústředí muslimských náboženských obcí) was established. In 1998 the firstmosque was opened, inBrno[2] and a year later another, in the capital,Prague[3]. Attempts to open mosques in other cities have been stopped by local citizens. In 2004 Islam was officially registered in the Czech Republic: the community is thus eligible to obtain funds from the state.
The largest Muslim community are ofTurkish origin.[3] Other Muslims have also come fromBosnia-Herzegovina (early 1990s),Kosovo (late 1990s) and former countries ofSoviet Union (mostly fromCaucasus region, from the late 1990s until the present). A significant and influential part are themiddle-class people ofEgyptian,Syrian and otherMiddle Eastern ancestries (typically those who studied in Czechoslovakia and decided to stay). A few hundred Muslims areCzech converts.[5]
...the position of Turkish migrants, the single largest Muslim community in the Czech Republic, in the specific context of the Czech Republic.
