Wikipedia's first sentence called it “christian majority country”. Today it says “minority religion and the second largest religion in the country after christianity”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Islam in Europe by percentage of country population Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade Faculty for Islamic studies in Novi Pazar Halal restaurant in Belgrade Halal shop in Belgrade Serbia is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority faith representing around 4.2% of the total population (excluding the disputed region of Kosovo , in which Islam is the predominant faith) as per the 2022 census. Islam spread to Serbia during the three centuries of Ottoman rule . The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks , Albanians and significant part of Muslim Roma as well as members of the smaller groups, like ethnic Muslims , Gorani and Serbs (Čitaci). There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks and Albanians , but also members of the smaller ethnic groups like Muslims by nationality , Ashkali , Egyptians , Gorani , Roma , and Turks .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade 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 .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Islam in Europe by percentage of country population Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade 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 . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Religion in Serbia Islam in Europe by percentage of country population Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade Faculty for Islamic studies in Novi Pazar Halal restaurant in Belgrade Halal shop in Belgrade Serbia is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority faith representing around 3% of the total population (excluding the disputed region of Kosovo , in which Islam is the predominant faith).Islam spread to Serbia during the three centuries of Ottoman rule .The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks , Albanians and significant part of Muslim Roma as well as members of the smaller groups, like ethnic Muslims , Gorani and Serbs (Čitaci). There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “christian majority country”. Today it says “minority religion and the second largest religion in the country after christianity”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
christian majority country
Now
minority religion and the second largest religion in the country after christianity
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