Roughly 80 percent of the inhabitants on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Sunni Muslims. The population on the two inhabited 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 islands main Muslim organization is the Islamic Council of Cocos Keeling Islands.
The Islands have three mosques, the most recent of which located on West Island.
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