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It got better after it got kicked out of Afghanistan.
What site did you check them in? There is 7.5% Muslim Population is France itself, according to Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project(a highly respected source) and this was in 2010. Belgium and Netherlands both have 6% while Britain has 5%(although the impact there is much more). Russia has 12% with two Muslim majority provinces or regions. Your right that some European countries have below 5% but those are only some. The major ones have at least 5% or more.
On the side note, Islam is the fastest growing religion in Europe according to Pew and Guinness World Records(they say through conversion rate). And it will continue to grow even through backlash. Remember, after 911, the number of Muslims in America began to grow rapidly.
I checked PEW, some encyclopedias as well as news reports. You are right that in France, Muslim population is 7%, 4.5% in UK, 7% in Germany and so on...... Now, on what scale is that a large islamic conversion? In any which way you look at it, it is very small as compared to the majority in each of these countries, who are around 85-90 %. Even PEW says by 2050, at max, Muslim population will be around 9-10% in these countries, NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT STRICTER ANTI-IMMIGRATION POLICIES.....
BTW, The increased numbers of Muslims percent wise every year in Europe is skewed because of largely small Balkan and eastern European countries, who have always been more than 15% Islamic.
As far as Russia is concerned, they had historic ties with Islam as many Central Asian Islamic republics were once part of USSR. Georgia and some other states of erstwhile USSR had large muslim populations (like Cossacks, etc.). That doesn't mean Russia is suddenly becoming Muslim. Heck, they were 11-11.5% Muslims in 2000 in Russia which is today around 12%. You can hardly call that as large scale increase.
PS: This is the last of my posts concerning Muslim population in Europe. In fact, I still think Muslims like you would be better served if you look to uplift millions of Muslims in Middle East, Pakistan, BD, etc. rather than being concerned about which country is becoming Islamic by 2030 or 2040. The fact is, ever since the middle ages, there has been No country that became a Muslim majority on this planet. All the present day Islamic population was somewhat same even a century ago (Not talking about small 10-15% increase ). Adieu....