It’s official: France has 5 million Muslims
For the first time, the French ministry of the interior has done a headcount of Muslims, and comes up with a total of nearly five million.
Among them, only 5% actually practice their religion regularly.
The largest Muslim group is of Algerian origin (1.5 million), followed by Moroccans (1 million) and Tunisians (400,000). Subsaharan Muslims account for 340,000 and Turks for 313,000. The remainder consists of around 40,000 new converts and Muslims without identity papers.
Those who practice their religion have access to 1,890 mosques and prayer rooms in France.
Wed 11-Jun-08 | Posted in: Society, Statistics
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