Muslims make up 99 % of the population in Northern Cyprus , 96 % in Kosovo , 56 % in Albania , 51 % in Bosnia and Herzegovina , 39.3 % in North Macedonia , 20 % in Montenegro , between 10 and 15 % in Russia , 7 -9 % in France , 8 % in Bulgaria , 6 % in the Netherlands , 5 % in Denmark , United Kingdom and Germany. , just over 4 % in Switzerland and Austria , between 3 and 4 % in Greece The Jews were dispersed within the Roman Empire from the 2nd century . At one time Judaism was practiced widely throughout the European continent ; throughout the Middle Ages , Jews were accused of ritual murder and faced pogroms and legal discrimination . The Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany decimated Jewish population , and today , France is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe with 1 % of the total population ( between 483,000 and 500,000 Jews ) . Other European countries with notable Jewish populations include the United Kingdom ( 291,000 Jews ) , Germany ( 119,000 ) , and Russia ( 194,000 ) which is home to Eastern Europe 's largest Jewish community
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Religion in Europe