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Immigration to Iceland
(This section is mainly based on research done by Bjornsdöttir Pieper and Steinunn Björk of Durham University)

The foreign national (Muslims) must have attended a course in the Icelandic language for foreigners, a total of 150 hours worth. The course must be conducted by a teacher or school acknowledged by the Ministry of Justice. Iceland has a looser terms for applying for citizenship than that of its European counterparts, such as Denmark. Iceland requires only 7 years of residence in Iceland, while other Denmark requires 9 years and with an age limit of 18 years. Both Iceland and its European counterparts, such as Denmark, gives advantage toward Nordic countries in their policies, but to a very different degree. For applying citizenship of Iceland by an immigrant of Nordic country it will still require 5 years of residence. Although shorter than the 7 years of the (Muslim) immigrants of other countries, but the difference is not as great as of that given in the Denmark policies, which is granted citizenship by declaration (no requirement).