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Islam in Poland
Islam was brought to Poland by Tatars about 600 years ago. From feared invaders in the XIII Century, the Tatars evolved into one of the most patriotic elements of the Polish nation. Treated with respect and equality, allowed complete religious freedom, they served with enthusiasm and numerous sacrifices their new fatherland. Over the years most of them lost their language and even the religion of their fathers by blending into Polish nobility and general population. Wars, partitions and border changes affected them severely, and today only about 5 thousand remain faithful to their tradition and Islam. But their involvement in epic struggles in defense of Poland, from the wars with the Teutonic Knights to fierce resistance against German-Soviet invasion of 1939 entitle them a special place in the society. They are not treated as a minority but as equal compatriots, just of different religion. Besides two archaic Tatar mosques in Kryszyniany and Bohoniki, there are also new mosques in Gdansk, Warsaw and Bialystok and most of the bigger cities have a prayer room established.
Shia in Poland Poland also has a small Shia minority, comprised of Muslims from foreign countries, like Iraq,
Iran and also polish converts. Polish Shia organization is:
www.al-islam.org.pl
is the first polish website aiming to present Islam according to the Shia Ithna Asharia school of thought. It includes polish translations of the articles by such authors as Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari, Murtadha Muttahari, Sayyed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Allamah Tabataba'i, Ali Shariati, Ayatullah Khomeini, Ayatullah Fadlallah and
others. Contact: tareq.salik@al-islam.org.pl
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