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]

The Islands have three mosques, the most recent of which is the heritage-listed West Island Mosque.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cocos (Keeling) Islands". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ Jupp, James (Director of the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies), ed. (2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins (illustrated, reprint, revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 225. ISBN 0521807891.


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