Current status of the state-religion relationships in Bulgaria. Focus on muslim community

Abstract

The article is devoted to the current situation of the relationships between the state and the religious denominations on the basis of the legislation’s analysis with focus on the Muslim community. The study is restricted temporally and encompasses the period after 1989: the transition after the totalitarian regime in Bulgaria. On the ground of the last census data since 2011 the composition of the population on «religious belonging» will be analyzed with special attention to the Muslim community. An important characteristic of the Bulgarian regulation of the matter of equality, non-discrimination and minorities’ relations are the primacy of the obligations under the International Public Law.