Israel’s Muslim Community Grows by 2.5%, Marrying Even Younger | Algemeiner.com

JNS.org – As of late 2017, the Muslim population in Israel stood at 1.562 million, representing 17.8% of the country’s general population. It was also an increase of 38,000 people in relation to the previous year, according to new census figures published by the Central Bureau of Statistics to mark the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice).