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Edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen (Editor-in-Chief), Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Brigitte Maréchal, Christian Moe

The presence of Muslims in Europe has attracted increasing attention over the last two, three decades. Researchers started devoting attention to the subject during the mid- and late 1980s. In the last two decades it has also attracted growing political attention and public debate. The events of 11 September 2001 in New York and Washington DC, followed by a number of other terrorist attacks, dramatically increased the general interest in Islam and Muslims, now often driven not only by security considerations, but also by social apprehension. It has become clear from these events that there is a serious lack of reliable and up-to-date information about the situation of Muslims in individual European countries.

Answers to simple questions, such as “How do (other) countries deal with Muslim burial?”, “Which countries have Islamic schools, and how do these function?”, or “Do other European countries make space for Islamic family law?” are not easily found. Things are changing rapidly and published data is quickly becoming outdated.

The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe provides an up-to-date account of the situation of Muslims in Europe. Covering 45 countries of western, central and south-eastern Europe, the Yearbook consists of three sections. The frst section presents a country-by-country summary of essential data with basic statistics with evaluations of their reliability, surveys of legal status and arrangements, organizations, etc. providing an annually updated reference source. The second section contains analysis and research articles on issues and themes of current relevance written by experts in the feld. The final section gathers reviews of recently published books of signifcance.

The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe is an important source of reference for government and NGO ofcials, journalists, policy makers as well as researchers.