The article is misleading. The mosques are definitely not "banned nationwide" in Slovakia. It's just that every time Muslims ask to build one, the local city council refuses for some strange reason... Muslims in Slovakia have their official places of worship (they even call them "mosques") but they are all inside previously existing buildings.
The rest of the article is correct: For a religion to be officially recognized, it has to have at least 50,000 followers, which is about 10x more than the current number of Muslims in Slovakia.
All in all, Slovakia is rather hardcore Christian country.
A moderate muslim is just a muslim who is not faithful and ignores their own religion. If they ever actually obey their religion, or their children actually follow the religion, they're no longer "Moderate".
The article is misleading. The mosques are definitely not "banned nationwide" in Slovakia. It's just that every time Muslims ask to build one, the local city council refuses for some strange reason... Muslims in Slovakia have their official places of worship (they even call them "mosques") but they are all inside previously existing buildings.
The rest of the article is correct: For a religion to be officially recognized, it has to have at least 50,000 followers, which is about 10x more than the current number of Muslims in Slovakia.
All in all, Slovakia is rather hardcore Christian country.
A moderate muslim is just a muslim who is not faithful and ignores their own religion. If they ever actually obey their religion, or their children actually follow the religion, they're no longer "Moderate".