Islam in Slovakia

[3] Decades after the Hungarian defeat of Mohacs (1526) Turkish troops controlled Štúrovo (Párkány) and other parts of today's southern central Slovakia and encouraged the Protestant Christian groups while Habsburg Austrian troops occupied and recatholized the northern and western parts.

[4] In 2022, the Public Defender of Rights (ombudsperson) stated that the registration requirements were unreasonable, discriminatory, and unnecessary; the Ministry of Culture refused to initiate a legal change.

[clarification needed] The center is small but can hold a congregation for prayers and includes a wooden podium that is used for jumu'ah or Friday sermons.

There are no decoration with elaborated patterns as it is situated in a commercial area adjacent to businesses and shops.

The Kultúrne Centrum Córdoba has tried to attain an official mosque permit from the government, but had its proposal rejected.