Talk:Islam in Hungary
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innen megírom majd, ha nem felejtem el: http://www.terebess.hu/keletkultinfo/keletivallas.html – Alensha 
talk 20:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Islam in Hungary
Two distinct Islamic communities have existed in Hungary. The first lived there between 1526 and 1699, as a result of the Ottoman conquest and occupation of many Hungarian territories. It disappeared, however, immediately after the reconquista, when those Moslems who did not flee with the retreating armies were either massacred or forced to convert to Christianity. A new Islamic community was created, beginning in 1878, by the immigration of a substantial number of Moslems from Bosnia-Herzogovina (occupied at the time by Austria-Hungary), as well as an influx of Ottoman Turkish craftsmen, traders, and students. Over time, however, these groups shrank as their members were assimilated into the general population. Today in Hungary there is no organized Islamic community, though a few hundred -- perhaps a few thousand -- individuals adhere to the faith: Arabs, Turks, Pakistanis, Iranians, and other immigrants, plus a handful of local converts.
--Latinitas 12:24, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
