Islam in the Netherlands Antilles

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Islam is a minority religion in the Netherlands Antilles. There are about 2,500 Muslims in the Islands,^[1] 1000 of which are in the Caribbean Netherlands,^[2]^[3] or 0.31% of the population. Most Muslims are emigrants from Lebanon, Syria and Suriname.^[4]

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History

Muslims began to reach the islands during colonial times as workers, from African countries then from the Indian subcontinent. Then there was a wave of Muslims coming from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq as well as some indigenous people who converted to Islam.^[1] In 1982 there were about 2000 Muslims.

Islamic centers

The majority of the Islam community is located on Curaçao where is the only mosque:^[4] Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque, with its imam, Sheikh Yakubu Mohammed.^[3] There are other Islamic centers, including:

Bonaire Islamic Center, Kaya Hanchi Amboina, Bonaire
Curaçao Islamic Center, Weg Naar Welgelegen # 6, Island of Curaçao, Willemstad
Sint Maarten Islamic Center, Puma Road 26, Philipsburg
Muslim Gemeente Curaçao, Weg Naar Welgelegen 6, Curaçao, Willemstad
Muslim Student Association, University Of Sint Eustatius School Of Medicine, Oranjestad, ST EUSTATIUS
Sint Eustatius Islamic Foundation, Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "الأقلية المسلمة في منطقة البحر الكاريبي" (in Arabic). 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ Muslim Situation in the Caribbean
^ ^a ^b ^c ISLAM and MUSLIMS IN NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
^ ^a ^b Religion in Netherlands Antilles

Islam in the Caribbean

British West Indies
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Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
French West Indies
West Indies Federation

West Indies

Antilles

Greater Antilles

Cayman Islands
Cuba
Jamaica
Navassa Island
Puerto Rico

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser Antilles

Leeward Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern Caribbean

Leeward Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward Islands

Dominica
Grenada
- Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean continental zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

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Wider groupings
may include:

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

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