Islam in Bhutan
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Islam is a very minor religion in
Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
. There are around 5,000–7,000 Muslims in the country.


Statistics

There are around 5,000–7,000 Muslims in Bhutan.


Mosques

Along with churches, there are currently no mosques in Bhutan, which makes it the only country, along with Monaco and Slovakia which doesn't have mosque. The current Muslim population of the country, along with other non-Buddhist religion, pray at a small prayer hall built in Jakar. In 2008, the Bhutan Muslim community built a mosque called the Jaigaon Mosque in Jaigaon, India, just across the Bhutan–India border.


See also

* Religion in Bhutan


References

Islam by country, Bhutan Religion in Bhutan {{Islam-country-stub