Islam in Serbia

Islam spread to Serbia during the five centuries of Ottoman rule. The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks, Albanians and minor but significant part of Roma people as well as members of the smaller ethnic groups Muslims by nationality and Gorani.

Quotes

• I think that Serbia is not a country in which it is important what nationality you are and where you come from.
  • Ana Brnabić, as quoted in "Red Star Belgrade Face Punishment for Anti-Muslim Banner" (31 January 2018), by Maja Zivanovic, Balkan Insight

• My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. Okay, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were orthodox before that and deep down we were always Serbs, religion cannot change that. We only became Muslims to survive the Turks.
  • Emir Kusturica, as quoted in The Guardian (4 March 2005)

See also

• Islam in France
• Islam in the United States
• Islam in the United Kingdom