Egdūnas Račius is a Professor of Islamic studies at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania). He is the Reviews Editor of the Journal of Muslims in Europe and a co-editor of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe.

A long overdue account of a dimension of Islam in Europe which has generally been ignored in western discussions. Providing comprehensive coverage of the subject in a way that is accessible to a university audience, this has the potential to become the foundational text in the subject.

• List of tables, boxes and mapsGlossary of Islamic terms Foreword and acknowledgementsChapter 1. Autochthonous Islam of Eastern Europe – populations, practices, institutionsChapter 2. Historical overviewMongol-Tatar invasion of Eastern Europe and its consequencesRussian possessions in Eastern Europe and its Muslim populationOttoman possessions in South-Eastern EuropeChapter 3. North-Eastern EuropeThe Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and its legacyRussiaUkraine The Baltic States Belarus MoldovaChapter 4. Successor states of YugoslaviaThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its legacy Bosnia and HerzegovinaMontenegro and SerbiaKosovoMacedoniaSlovenia and CroatiaChapter 5. South-Eastern EuropeAlbaniaBulgariaRomaniaChapter 6. Central EuropePolandHungaryThe Czech Republic and SlovakiaChapter 7. Islam in Eastern Europe, Eastern European Islam: new faces, the new challengesChapter 8. Considering the other sideBibliography

Egdūnas Račius is a Professor of Islamic studies at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania). He is the Reviews Editor of the Journal of Muslims in Europe and a co-editor of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe.

A long overdue account of a dimension of Islam in Europe which has generally been ignored in western discussions. Providing comprehensive coverage of the subject in a way that is accessible to a university audience, this has the potential to become the foundational text in the subject.

• List of tables, boxes and mapsGlossary of Islamic terms Foreword and acknowledgementsChapter 1. Autochthonous Islam of Eastern Europe – populations, practices, institutionsChapter 2. Historical overviewMongol-Tatar invasion of Eastern Europe and its consequencesRussian possessions in Eastern Europe and its Muslim populationOttoman possessions in South-Eastern EuropeChapter 3. North-Eastern EuropeThe Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and its legacyRussiaUkraine The Baltic States Belarus MoldovaChapter 4. Successor states of YugoslaviaThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its legacy Bosnia and HerzegovinaMontenegro and SerbiaKosovoMacedoniaSlovenia and CroatiaChapter 5. South-Eastern EuropeAlbaniaBulgariaRomaniaChapter 6. Central EuropePolandHungaryThe Czech Republic and SlovakiaChapter 7. Islam in Eastern Europe, Eastern European Islam: new faces, the new challengesChapter 8. Considering the other sideBibliography

Egdūnas Račius is a Professor of Islamic studies at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania). He is the Reviews Editor of the Journal of Muslims in Europe and a co-editor of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe.

A long overdue account of a dimension of Islam in Europe which has generally been ignored in western discussions. Providing comprehensive coverage of the subject in a way that is accessible to a university audience, this has the potential to become the foundational text in the subject.

• List of tables, boxes and mapsGlossary of Islamic terms Foreword and acknowledgementsChapter 1. Autochthonous Islam of Eastern Europe – populations, practices, institutionsChapter 2. Historical overviewMongol-Tatar invasion of Eastern Europe and its consequencesRussian possessions in Eastern Europe and its Muslim populationOttoman possessions in South-Eastern EuropeChapter 3. North-Eastern EuropeThe Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and its legacyRussiaUkraine The Baltic States Belarus MoldovaChapter 4. Successor states of YugoslaviaThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its legacy Bosnia and HerzegovinaMontenegro and SerbiaKosovoMacedoniaSlovenia and CroatiaChapter 5. South-Eastern EuropeAlbaniaBulgariaRomaniaChapter 6. Central EuropePolandHungaryThe Czech Republic and SlovakiaChapter 7. Islam in Eastern Europe, Eastern European Islam: new faces, the new challengesChapter 8. Considering the other sideBibliography