The Emigration of the Bosnian Muslims to Turkey
The Emigration of the Bosnian Muslims to Turkey

Summary/Abstract: The emigration process of the Muslim community (hidżra) followed the Balkan Peninsula for economic, political and religious reasons since the nineteenth century to the present day1. Today Muslim emigrants (muhadżir) we can find in Germany (about 200 thousand), Austria (about 50 thousand), France (about 60 thousand) Switzerland (about 30 thousand), Denmark (about 20 thousand), the Netherlands (about 25 thousand) Norway (about 12 thousand), Sweden (about 65 thousand), Italy (about 15 thousand), the UK (about 8 thousand) and even in Ireland and Finland (five hundred)2. Moreover, in the Republic of Croatia, according to the census of 1991, lives about 40 thousand Bosnians. The similar number of them live in Slovenia3. The Bosnian diaspora is also strong outside Europe: in the United States (about 300 thousand), Australia (about 50 thousand) and Canada (about 300 thousand).

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