Islam in Austria

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Islam in Austria is the largest minority religion in the country, practiced by 8.3% of the total population in 2021 according to the Statistics Austria. The majority of Muslims in Austria belong to the Sunni denomination. The first significant wave of Muslim immigration to Austria after WW2 occurred during the 1960s and 1970s, following the signing of guest worker recruitment agreements with several Southern European countries, including Turkey and Yugoslavia. During the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s, many refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo also sought refuge in Austria. A few years later, the First and Second Chechen war led to another wave of migration from the Caucasus region. Political instability and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan also led to waves of Afghan refugees arriving in Austria. During the peak of the European refugee crisis in 2015, many refugees from Iraq and Syria also arrived in Austria.

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