Islam in Liechtenstein

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The Islam in the Principality of Liechtenstein had in 2015, according to the Census 2215 trailer, which 5.9% of the population equivalent. Five years earlier it was 5.4% of the population or 1960 people. After the Catholics and the Reformed (2364 people, 6.3%) and next to the non-religious (2623 people), the Muslims form the third largest religious community in the country. Around a quarter of the Muslims in the country are Liechtenstein citizens.

The majority of Muslims in Liechtenstein are Sunnis and the majority come from Turkey , Kosovo , Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia . In the 1970 census, only eight male Muslims were recorded. As a result of labor migration from Turkey and Yugoslavia, more people of the Muslim faith came into the country.

The Turkish Association was founded in Liechtenstein in 1974. Six years later, at the suggestion of the association , the first mosque , the so-called “Green Mosque”, was set up in Eschen . Today it is in Triesen . Since 2001, the Liechtenstein government has been granting the “Green Mosque” a residence permit for one imam and a short-term permit for another imam during Ramadan . Around 1990 the community split up, and another mosque was founded, which after a long time in Triesen is now in Sevelen SG . Nevertheless, it sees itself as a Liechtenstein community, as it is based in the principality. While these mosques are mostly visited by Turks, Bosnian and Albanian Muslims tend to visit mosques in Buchs SG . The Muslim communities in the neighboring areas are significantly larger with 11% in Vorarlberg  and 7% in the canton of St. Gallen .

The Muslims in Liechtenstein suffer from a certain Islamophobia and exclusion in society. In addition, there is no cemetery for Muslims in the principality .

literature

  • Wilfried Marxer, Martina Sochin D'Elia, Günther Boss, Hüseyin I. Çiçek: Islam in Liechtenstein. Demographic evolution - associations - perceptions - challenges . Report on behalf of the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Ed .: Liechtenstein Institute. Bendern September 2017, p. 14 ( liechtenstein-institut.li [PDF; accessed on June 8, 2019]).

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  1. ↑ Marxer, Sochin D'Elia, Boss, Çiçek, p. 14
  2. ↑ Marxer, Sochin D'Elia, Boss, Çiçek, p. 17
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  4. ^ Marxer, Sochin D'Elia, Boss, Çiçek, p. 12
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  8. ↑ Marxer, Sochin D'Elia, Boss, Çiçek, p. 23 f.
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  10. ↑ Marxer, Sochin D'Elia, Boss, Çiçek, p. 100 ff.
  11. ^ Günther Meier: Liechtenstein: Two communities - no mosque. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. October 13, 2017, accessed June 8, 2019 .