The purpose of this first main part of the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe is to provide essential data about the place of Muslims within each of the countries covered, in principle for the year 2008. Initially, the intention was to cover only the member countries of the European Union and those countries in various stages of entry or association. But as this left occasional geographical anomalies, it was decide to expand the coverage to include all the other countries of western and central Europe. In the end…