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Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales / Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar
Table 3b: secularism among the Muslim communities
% of total Muslim pop 2004
(2002) never attending religious
Muslim religious services
LU Luxembourg 57,1
SE Sweden 50
SI Slovenia 37,5
GR Greece 33
NL Netherlands 33
ES Spain 30
CH Switzerland 29,2
AT Austria 23,8
NO Norway 23,8
DK Denmark 21,4
GB United Kingdom 17,5
FR France 17,4
BE Belgium 16,3
DE Germany 11,9
IL Israel 7,4
Source: calculated by Christian Bischof, Tomaz Kastrun, Karl Mueller and the author from
the data of the ESS, available at http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/
By far, the secularists are the biggest denominational reality in Europe, and
Christianity – with a few exceptions – is already at the margins. This can be
shown by analyzing the three biggest denominational/religious subgroups for
each European country with the ESS data:
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