Islam in Iceland
The Nordic country Iceland has 644 Muslims, 404 members of "The Association of Muslims in Iceland" and 274 members of "The Muslim Culter Center of Iceland" (as of 2011). This corresponds to 0.2% of the population of Iceland.
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[edit] Demographics
The Association of Muslims in Iceland had 352 members in 2006,[1] which had grown to 402 in 2008, but in 2009 only 371.[2]
Most of the nation's Muslims live in or near Reykjavík, but there is a small number of Kosovar Muslim refugees in Dalvík.[1]
[edit] Association of Muslims in Iceland
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The Association of Muslims in Iceland (Félag múslima á Íslandi) was founded in 1997. It is headed by Salmann Tamimi, a Palestinian immigrant.[3]
[edit] Mosques
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There are currently no mosques in Iceland. The community (Association of Muslims in Iceland) has had it's own Muslim Chapel on third floor in an office building in Reykjavík since 2002.[1] The Muslim Chapel offers daily and nightly prayers, which attracts a core group of 30 individuals, with a mix of local Icelanders and Muslims from all over the world. The Chapel also offers weekly Friday prayers for Juma'a. The Muslim Chapel is located inside an office building on third floor in Ármúli 38 in Reykjavík.
In 2000 the Muslim Association applied to build a mosque in Reykjavik. However, the city has not approved the full plans, although they authorized a plot of land measuring 1,500 m^2 in 2001 – less than half of the land requested by the Muslim Association. The approval of additional land was subsequently tied to approval of a Russian Orthodox church, which the city indicates is to be located in an adjacent facility.[4]
[edit] Outside interest
The Muslims of Iceland gained the interest of Al Jazeera who plan a documentary that will deal with Muslims in Iceland and New Zealand. The interest is due to how Ramadan is handled in the higher latitudes where the night can be of unusual length when compared to the majority-Muslim lands.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c [1]
- ^ Iceland Statistics
- ^ AFS, Islam and Icelanders
- ^ Fontaine-Nikolov, Paul (2006-01-13). "You Can Worship Your God". The Reykjavík Grapevine. http://www.grapevine.is/Features/ReadArticle/You-Can-Worship-Your-God. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ Iceland Review
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