Hungarian Islamic Council
Islam in Hungary has a long history that dates back to at least the 10th century. The influence of Sunni Islam was especially pronounced in the 16th century during the Ottoman period in Hungary. History Early history In the old form of the Hungarian language, Muslims were called ''Böszörmény'', cognates with ''Turkish'' Bozulmamış, which in turn descends from ar, مسلم, ''Muslim'', a term preserved as both a family name, and as that of the town Hajdúböszörmény. The first Islamic author to speak of this Muslim community was Yaqut al-Hamawi (575-626 AH/1179-1229 CE), he writes about a famous Hungarian student who studied in Aleppo, according to the student there were 30 Muslim villages in Hungary. Yaqut writes in his famous geographical dictionary, "Mu'ajam al-Buldan", about his meeting with a Hungarian Muslim youth in Syria who was studying Islam there and brought some details of the history and life of their people in Hungary. The Spaniard Muslim traveler ...
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