Islam in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The bright yellow minaret atop the mosque on Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Islam in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is the majority religion. As of the 2016 census, 75% of the population were Muslim.[1]

The large Muslim population is due to the migration of labourers who were brought to Cocos (Keeling) Islands and to Christmas Island of ethnic Malay and Indonesian origin. The population on the two inhabited Cocos (Keeling) Islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island (est. pop. 120) and the ethnic Malays on Home Island (est. pop. 500).

The Island's main Muslim organisation is the Islamic Council of Cocos Keeling Islands.[2]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cocos (Keeling) Islands". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 October 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Islamic Council Pulu Cocos". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

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