The Mosque in San Andres, Colombia, as seen from the Sunrise Hotel

The statistics for Islam in Colombia estimate a total Muslim population of 85,908, representing 0. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion 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. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Bogotá —officially named Bogotá DC (DC for " Distrito Capital " which means "Capital District" formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá Santa Marta is a city and municipality located in northern Colombia by the Caribbean sea and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains capital of There are also primary and secondary Islamic schools in Bogotá and Maicao. Maicao ( Wayuunaiki: mai-ka-u) is a city and municipality in the Department of La Guajira, northern Republic of Colombia. Maicao plays host to the continent's second largest mosque, the Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab. Maicao ( Wayuunaiki: mai-ka-u) is a city and municipality in the Department of La Guajira, northern Republic of Colombia. The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab (or in Spanish transcription Omar Iban Al-Jattab) in Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia is the second

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. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding This Arab cultural influence in Colombia is often attributed to the Brazilian telenovela El Clon and Lebanese-Colombian pop icon Shakira. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld A telenovela is a limited-run Television serial Melodrama of the type made famous in Latin America. El Clon ( The Clone) is a working title of a Spanish-language Telenovela produced by the United States -based Television network Telemundo Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2 1977 known simply as 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. Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian Chronicle of a Death Foretold (original Spanish title Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a Novella by Gabriel García

It should be noted that most Arab immigrants to Colombia came during the first half of the 20th century and were Maronite Christians mainly from Lebanon. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Maronites ( الموارنة,, Syriac: ܡܪܘܢܝܐ, Latin: Ecclesia Maronitarum) are members of one of the Syriac Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية

See also

• Arab diaspora in Colombia