Islam in Colombia

The Mosque of Umar in Maicao is the third-largest mosque in Latin America. Islam by country

World percentage of Muslims by country

Africa

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mayotte
* Morocco
* Western Sahara
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Réunion
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Asia

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Georgia
* Hong Kong
* India
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* North Korea
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* Kyrgyzstan
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* Macau
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Americas

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* French Guiana
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Europe

* Albania
* Andorra
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czechia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Tatarstan
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* England
* Northern Ireland
* Scotland
* Wales

Oceania

* Australia
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Guam
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

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Islam in Colombia is a minority religion, with most Colombians adhering to Christianity (Roman Catholicism). According to a 2018 study conducted by Pew Research Center, the size of the Colombian Muslim population ranges from about 85,000–100,000 people out of a total population of 50.4 million.[1] However, according to official estimates the Colombian Muslim community numbered just 10,000 people[2] or 0.02% of the total Colombian population.[3] Most Colombian Muslims are immigrants from the Arab World along with a small number of local converts.[2][4]

There are a number of Islamic communities in Colombia, the most important of which, according to their size, are in Bogotá, Maicao and Buenaventura. There are also Islamic centers in San Andrés, Nariño Department, Santa Marta and Cartagena and primary as well as secondary Islamic schools in Bogotá and Maicao. Maicao plays host to the continent's third-largest mosque, the Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab. Most Muslims in Colombia are descendants of Arab immigrants from Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine during the late 19th to early 20th century.[5] The Afro-Colombian Muslims in Buenaventura, Colombia's main Pacific port city, have over the years embraced the teachings of the Nation of Islam, mainstream Sunni Islam, and the Shia Islam denomination.[6]

## Mosques

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* Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque
* Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab

## See also

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* Colombia portal

* Latin American Muslims
* Latino Muslims
* Arab Colombians
* Lebanese Colombian
* Religion in Colombia

## References

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1. ^ "Colombia". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
2. ^ a b "Islam in Colombia" (PDF). Refworld. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
3. ^ "Islam in Colombia". Arab News. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
4. ^ "Colombia's Muslims celebrate Ramadan". TRT World. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
5. ^ Klich, Ignacio, Jeff Lesser (1992). Arab and Jewish immigrants in Latin America. Routledge. p. 58\. ISBN 0-7146-4873-6.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. ^ "How Islam took root in one of South America's most violent cities". The Guardian. January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

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Mosques in South America

Argentina|

* Al Ahmad Mosque
* At-Tauhid Mosque
* King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center
* many others without articles, see: List

Brazil|

* Chui Mosque
* Mesquita Brasil
* Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab
* many others without articles, see: List

Chile|

* Mezquita As-Salam
* Mohammed VI Mosque

Colombia|

* Othman Ben Affan Mosque
* Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab
* Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque

Peru|

* Bab al-Islam Mosque
* Mosque of Lima

Suriname|

* Mosque Keizerstraat
* Wanica District

Venezuela|

* Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim

* Islam in Argentina
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* Islam in Brazil
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* Islam in Chile

* Islam in Colombia
* Islam in Peru
* Islam in Suriname
* Islam in Venezuela
* Mosques by country

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Islam in the Americas

Sovereign
states|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Dependencies
and territories|

* Anguilla
* Aruba
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Curaçao
* Falkland Islands
* French Guiana
* Greenland
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Montserrat
* Puerto Rico
* Saba
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Martin
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* Sint Eustatius
* Sint Maarten
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* U.S. Virgin Islands

* North America
* Central America
* Caribbean
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