UnityOstara
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UnityOstara
@unityostara
Designated Hater for Team Midwest. Lover of history,cooking,geopolitics,trains,hockey, soccer, memes and jokes.




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🇷🇺Moscow’s Muslim population lowkey blew up over the years. Back in 2010 it was under 300K… now estimates sit around 3 to 4 million in a city of 13 million. Some even say that makes Moscow one of the biggest Muslim cities in Europe. Roughly 1M are permanent residents, plus up to 1.5M migrant workers. Most of the growth is from Central Asia + higher birth rates, while the ethnic Russian population is shrinking. Some projections even say Muslims could be around 30% of Russia by 2034. Now here’s where it gets interesting… The city has just 4 mosques. Each holds around 10K people. Meanwhile there are 650+ churches, with 200 more planned. Compare that to London, smaller Muslim population but 1,000+ mosques. So yeah… the gap is obvious. During Eid you’ve seen up to 400K people show up, even recently around 180K, and a lot end up praying outside. And the mayor has already said building more mosques is “over the top,” saying people are getting uncomfortable. But at the same time… surveys show most Russians still view Muslims positively. And you can see the cultural shift too, stuff like samsa is everywhere now. So yeah… city’s changing fast, infrastructure and politics just aren’t keeping up. Source: Wikipedia (Islam in Russia), Novaya Gazeta Europe, The Spectator, The Moscow Times






