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December 23, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4606103,00.html

The New Euro-Muslim States

(Ynet News) Guy Bechor - The distance between Europe and the Muslim world is becoming increasingly shorter. There are already large cities in Europe which will have a Muslim majority within five to seven years. In Marseilles, the second largest city in France, Muslims already make up 30-40% of the population. In 2016, the city will inaugurate a huge mosque with a 25-meter minaret and a prayer hall for 14,000 worshippers. The percentage of Muslims in France is already 13%. In Barcelona, Spain, 30% of residents are Muslim. In smaller Spanish towns like Salt, 40% are Muslim. In Brussels, Belgium, the capital of the EU, 25-30% are Muslim. In Malmo, Sweden, 25-30% are Muslim, while in the capital of Stockholm, 20% are Muslim. In Rotterdam and Amsterdam in The Netherlands, 25% are Muslim. The writer heads the Middle East Division at the Lauder School of Government at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

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