The Extent of Islam in Europe
Many do not realize the number of Mohammedans in Europe. Prof. Martin Hartmann, of the Berlin Seminary of Oriental Languages, in his recent book on “Islam,” gives some startling figures concerning the number of followers of Mohammed in Europe. Of the total population of the continent, 13,000,000 are Mohammedans, 3,295,000 of whom are living in the Turkish Empire (51 per cent of its inhabitants), while Russia contains almost 8,500,000 Mohammedans, or about 8 per cent of its total population. Bulgaria contains 603,000 Mohammedans, Bosnia and Herzegovina 549,000, Greece 60,200, Rumania 45,000, and Servia 15,000. In Great Britain there are enumerated 2,700 followers of the false prophet; in France, 2,600; but in Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland, and Scandinavia there are few or none at all.—The Missionary Review of the World.