Editing Demographics of Italy (section)

===Other religions===
The longest-established religious faith in Italy is Judaism, Jews having been present in [[Ancient Rome]] before the birth of Christ. Italy has seen many influential Italian-Jews, such as prime minister [[Luigi Luzzatti]], who took office in 1910, [[Ernesto Nathan]] served as mayor of Rome from 1907 to 1913 and [[Shabbethai Donnolo]] (died 982). During the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]], Italy took in many Jewish refugees from [[Nazism|Nazi]] Germany. However, with the creation of the Nazi-backed puppet [[Italian Social Republic]], about 15% of 48,000 Italian Jews were killed. This, together with the emigration that preceded and followed the Second World War, has left only a small community of around 45,000 Jews in Italy today.

Due to immigration from around the world, there has been an increase in non-Christian religions. As of 2009, there were 1.0&nbsp;million [[Muslims]] in Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3202304679|title=Italy: Country's muslims raise funds to help quake victims – Adnkronos Religion|website=adnkronos.com}}</ref> forming 1.6 percent of population; independent estimates put the Islamic population in Italy anywhere from 0.8&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4385768.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Muslims in Europe: Country guide|date=23 December 2005|access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> to 1.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/world/europe/24iht-rome.html?_r=1|work=The New York Times|date=25 July 2005|access-date=31 March 2010|first=Elisabeth|last=Rosenthal|title=Pressure is growingon Muslims in Italy}}</ref> 50,000 Italian Muslims hold [[Italian citizenship]].

There are more than 200,000 followers of faiths originating in the Indian subcontinent, including some 70,000 [[Sikhs]] with 22 [[gurdwaras]] across the country,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/EUROPE/ITALY/2004/111604Gurdwara.htm|title=NRI Sikhs in Italy|website=nriinternet.com}}</ref> 70,000 [[Hindus]], and 50,000 [[Buddhists]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buddhismo.it/ente.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404034319/http://www.buddhismo.it/ente.htm|url-status=dead|title=Unione Buddhista Italiana – UBI: L'Ente|archivedate=4 April 2007|website=www.buddhismo.it}}</ref> There were an estimated 4,900 [[Baháʼí Faith|Bahá'ís]] in Italy in 2005.<ref name="WCE-05">{{cite web|title = Most Baha'i Nations (2005)|work = QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >|publisher = The Association of Religion Data Archives|year = 2005|url = http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_40c.asp|access-date = 30 January 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100414021730/http://www.thearda.com/QuickLists/QuickList_40c.asp|archive-date = 14 April 2010|url-status = dead}}</ref>