Islam in Montenegro
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Islam in Montenegro is the largest minority religion. Montenegro's 110,000 Muslims make up 17.74% of the total population. They are divided into three main groups: ethnic Albanians, and Slavic Muslims split among Bosniaks, who speak Bosnian and Muslims by nationality, who prefer Serbian and Montenegrin. Albanians are a separate ethnic group, speaking their own language, Albanian (5.26%) and living mostly in the south-east, especially in Ulcinj, where they form the vast majority of the both municipality's and town's population. Bosniaks are Slavic Muslims speaking the Bosnian language and living mostly in the northeast. Montenegro's Muslims belong to the Sunni branch.
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[edit] History
In the 15th century the Ottoman Empire had conquered much of Montenegro's territory and introduced Islam, which was not uncommon to the Crnojević Montenegrin ruling dynasty.
In 1704 the Montenegrins conducted a massacre of its Muslims known as the "Investigation of the Turks" on Christmas' Eve.
[edit] 21st Century
The Bosniaks and many Albanians of Montenegro are Muslim by faith but also declared Montenegrins of Bosniak and/or Albanian blood (They see themselves as assimilated Montenegrins with Islam as their religion) The Muslims can be mostly found in the Sandžak region in Montenegro.
[edit] Demographics
Ethnic composition according to the 2003 census: Of the total 110,034 Muslims:
- 48,184 Bosniacs (43.79%)
- 24,625 Slavic Muslims (22.38%)
- 22,834 Albanians (20.75%)
- 11,710 Montenegrins (10.64%)
- 2,681 others (mostly Romany) (2.44%)
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