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Islam in the Cook Islands is a small religious minority in the Cook Islands, an associated state of New Zealand. It is not exactly clear how many Muslims there are in the Cook Islands, because the calculation of Muslims is not in the country census.[1] However, it is estimated that about 0.06% of the islands' population of about 15,000 is Muslim.[2] One of the earliest Cook Islanders to convert to Islam is Tatiana Kautai.[3] Islam is a small but growing religious minority in the Cook Islands.[1]
History
In 2018, the first mosque in the Cook Islands called Masjid Fatimah Rarotonga was established in Titikaveka, on the south-east side of Rarotonga. As of November 2024, it was led by Mohammed Azam and had a congregation consisting of Cook Islanders, Indonesians, Filipinos, Fijians and Indians[4] In February 2025, Rarotonga Muslim community spokesperson Tatiana Kautai expressed concern about rising Islamophobia in the local media, social media, the removal of the mosque pin on Google Maps and the emergence of a Cook Islands Christian Movement seeking to lobby the Cook Islands government to declare the island state a Christian country.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Ruslan, Heri (4 March 2013). "Ranumnya Islam di Cook Islands". Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Kettani, Houssain (June 2010). "Muslim Population in Oceania: 1950 – 2020" (PDF). International Journal of Environmental Science and Development. 1 (2): 167. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Crocombe, Ronald Gordon, ed. (2007). Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West. IPS publications. pp. 374–375. ISBN 9789820203884. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ Mika, Talaia (15 November 2024). "Masjid Fatimah Rarotonga: Cook Islands has its first mosque". Cook Islands News. Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Mika, Talaia (5 February 2025). "Religious debate heats up in Cook Islands". RNZ. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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