I noticed that there wasn't any good map showing the percentage of Muslims in Europe by region (and not just by country), so I searched for the data and made one. Brussels had the highest percentage of Muslims (25%) of any non-Muslim country in Europe, followed by Marseille and Birmingham (both around 22%).
UPDATE:
The country of origin of Muslims varies greatly between European countries.
Sweden has seen their Muslim population increase very fast over the last 15 years due to refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Somalia. The two largest groups of foreigners in Sweden are Syrians (200,000) and Iraqi (150,000), who by themselves already account for 3.3% of the population.
The biggest share of Muslims in Austria are Turks and Muslim Europeans (Bosnians, Kosovars, Macedonians, Bulgarians), who make up about 3% of the population.
Germany has 1.5 million people of Turkish origin, 800,000 Syrians, 270,000 Afghans, 260,000 Iraqi, and over half a million of Europeans from traditionally Muslim countries.
Most Muslims in France and the Benelux are of Maghrebi origin, followed by Turks.
The bulk of British Muslims are Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Nigerians.
UPDATE:
The country of origin of Muslims varies greatly between European countries.
Sweden has seen their Muslim population increase very fast over the last 15 years due to refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Somalia. The two largest groups of foreigners in Sweden are Syrians (200,000) and Iraqi (150,000), who by themselves already account for 3.3% of the population.
The biggest share of Muslims in Austria are Turks and Muslim Europeans (Bosnians, Kosovars, Macedonians, Bulgarians), who make up about 3% of the population.
Germany has 1.5 million people of Turkish origin, 800,000 Syrians, 270,000 Afghans, 260,000 Iraqi, and over half a million of Europeans from traditionally Muslim countries.
Most Muslims in France and the Benelux are of Maghrebi origin, followed by Turks.
The bulk of British Muslims are Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Nigerians.
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