Islam in Colombia

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The statistics for Islam in Colombia estimate a total Muslim population of 85,908, representing 0.2 percent of the population. There are a number of Islamic organizations in Colombia, including Islamic centers in San Andrés, Bogotá, Guajira, Nariño, and Santa Marta. There are also primary and secondary Islamic schools in Bogotá and Maicao.

Over the past few years, Islam and the Arab-Muslim world seem to have entered even more poignantly into the Colombian imagination, gaining a presence in political discourse and strongly influencing popular culture. This Arab cultural invasion of Colombia is often attributed to the Brazilian telenovela El Clon and Lebanese-Colombian pop icon Shakira. But Arab-Muslim influence in Colombia preceded Shakira: the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez's novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold, for example, is half-Arab.