Islam in Malta
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Islam is believed to have been introduced to Malta
when the Muslims captured Sicily from the Byzantines
in 870
. Malta returned to a Christian European power with the Norman Conquest in 1091. Muslims were allowed to practise their religion freely until the 13th century.
The present-day Muslim community in Malta is a minority of around 6,000. There is one mosque, founded in 1978 by the World Islamic Call Society, a Libyan governmental association that promotes Islam, and one Muslim primary school.
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
when the Muslims captured Sicily from the Byzantines
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
in 870
870
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. Malta returned to a Christian European power with the Norman Conquest in 1091. Muslims were allowed to practise their religion freely until the 13th century.
The present-day Muslim community in Malta is a minority of around 6,000. There is one mosque, founded in 1978 by the World Islamic Call Society, a Libyan governmental association that promotes Islam, and one Muslim primary school.