Europe’s Muslim population is expected to reach 44 million by the year 2030, making up almost a tenth of the continent’s population, according to recent forecasts.

According to a report prepared by the Universal Muslim Diaspora Project in cooperation with Ankara’s Social Sciences University, Muslims are set to make up eight percent of the EU’s total population by 2030.

The same report predicts that Muslims will also make up 2.1 percent, or close to five million, of the U.S. population by the same year.

Internationally, the report forecasts that more than one in five people globally will be Muslim in 2030.

Seventy-nine countries worldwide will have a population of one million Muslims by 2030, including Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands, according to the same report.

Bosnian leader: Erdoğan long-awaited mentor for Muslims Bosnian leader Bakir Izetbegovic said Saturday that Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a mentor for the Muslims, a fact that makes him unpopular in the West.Speaking at an event organized by his Party of Democratic Action (SDA) in capital Sarajevo, the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina said: "Our friend is not very popular in the West, because Erdoğan is a long-awaited great leader for the Muslims.""They (West) are not disturbed by primitive and ignorant Muslims," he said, "But when it come to economic development, they are disturbed by a man who opens his doors to three million refugees, who builds the world's largest airport, deals with terrorism and wars at his country's borders."Erdoğan is expected to visit Sarajevo on May 20.Izetbegovic said that their meeting during the visit will focus on a highway project that will link Sarajevo and Serbia's capital Belgrade.

Iran urges Muslims to develop sciences to shake off US hegemony Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for unity among Muslims and efforts towards scientific advancement, saying this would make it impossible for "enemies" such as the United States to dominate Islamic countries.Shi’ite Iran faces off with Western-allied Sunni Saudi Arabia for influence in the Middle East. The two regional powers back opposing sides in the conflicts in Yemen and Syria as well as rival political groups in Iraq and Lebanon."Today, every movement that leads to mutual understanding of Islamic groups and sects is a good thing, and this gathering is an example of the movement for the unification of the Islamic nation," said Khamenei in remarks carried by his official website."The scientific movement must accelerate and the Islamic nation must once again reach heights of science and civilization so that the enemies of Islam and the Americans cannot order around the heads of Islamic countries," Khamenei told a meeting about Shi'ite contributions to sciences.Iran frequently calls for Islamic unity to help Tehran in its confrontation with its arch-foe, the United States.Washington on Tuesday pulled out of a nuclear deal with Iran, a move accompanied by the threat of penalties against any foreign firms doing business in Iran.Tehran denies seeking atomic weapons and says its nuclear programme is for peaceful uses in areas including electricity, agriculture and medicine.