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The westernmost Bundesland Vorarlberg with its industrial small towns and villages has the highest share of Muslim in the country with 8.36 % (it resembles the neighboring North-East of Switzerland in this respect). It is followed by the capital Vienna with 7.82 %. The central Bundesländer Salzburg , Upper Austria , Tyrol and Lower Austria follow with a Muslim share of population around the average. It is considerable below the average in the South Eastern states of Styria , Carinthia and Burgenland . Austria is unique among Western Europe an insofar it grants Islam the status of a recognized religious community. This is due to the fact that Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia And Herzegovina ''de facto'' in 1874 and ''de iure'' 1912 and regulated the religious life of the Muslim community with the so called "Anerkennungsgesetz" ("Act of Recognition"). This law was reactivated in 1979 when the "Islamische Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich" constituted itself. This corporation is entitled to give lessons of Religious Education in state schools, which it does, and to collect "church tax" which it does not. However, there is a parallel structure in Austrian Islam. The religious life proper takes place in Mosque s belonging to organisation which represent one of the currents of Turkish, Bosnian and Arab Muslims. Among the Turkish organisations the "Federation of Turkish-Islamic Associations" is controlled by the Directorate for Religious Affairs, whereas the other groups such as the Süleymancıs and Milli Görüş may be considered as branches of the pan-European organisation centered in Germany . The Alevis who are considered non-orthodox if not non-Muslim by many Sunnis and who make up a considerable minority among the Turks do not take part in the activities of the "Islamische Glaubensgemeinschaft". MUSLIMS AMONG VARIOUS ETHNIC GROUPS IN AUSTRIA Source:- http://www.worldchristiandatabase.org
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