Islam in Colombia

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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.{{Cite web |title=Colombia |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/colombia/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}} However, according to official estimates the Colombian Muslim community numbered just 10,000 people{{Cite web |date=8 May 2012 |title=Islam in Colombia |url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5146ebe72.pdf |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Refworld}} or 0.02% of the total Colombian population.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-25 |title=Islam in Colombia |url=https://www.arabnews.com/islam-colombia |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Arab News |language=en}} Most Colombian Muslims are immigrants from the Arab World along with a small number of local converts.{{Cite web |title=Colombia's Muslims celebrate Ramadan |url=https://www.trtworld.com/americas/muslim-converts-in-bogota-celebrate-ramadan-372299 |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=TRT World |language=en}}

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.{{Cite book| last=Klich | first=Ignacio, Jeff Lesser | year=1992 | title=Arab and Jewish immigrants in Latin America | publisher=Routledge| isbn=0-7146-4873-6| page=58}} 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.{{cite news |date=January 17, 2017 |title=How Islam took root in one of South America’s most violent cities |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/23/colombia-islam-muslim-buenaventura |access-date=January 17, 2017 |work=The Guardian}}