Muslims in Cayman Islands

The Islamic Society of the Cayman Islands was established to unite and organise the Muslim community of the Cayman Islands.  The Muslim community of the Cayman Islands is very small compared to other countries, but the diversity of the community makes up for what it lacks in size.

Mosque History

Over the past 20 years, there has been quite a bit of growth with regards to Muslims on the island.  In December of 1981 there were very few Muslim families living here, with most of them working for BCCI.  There was no established prayer and even the Jummah prayer was only held periodically.

For a while, the apartment of one Brother was used to hold Jummah prayers on a regular basis, however he eventually was transferred abroad and the Jummah prayers were discontinued.  After the closure of the bank, many of the Muslim families left the island.

From 1992, Jummah prayers were reestablished.  The number of attendees at the time were only a handful (3 or 4 people).  An outreach was initiated and Indonesian Muslim brothers were found and invited to join.  This lead to an awareness of there being other Muslims on the island and, eventually, there were a good number regularly attending Jummah prayers.  After a few years, an Islamic Sunday School was arranged.  Initially, this was held at the town hall in George Town, but the rental charges and unavailability meant another venue was needed.

For 10 years one of the Brothers volunteered the use of his house and, over that time, we had Hifz classes, Arabic classes, daily prayers and so on.  To date, 5 children have completed the Qur’an, Masha’Allah.

A little over two years ago the property serving as the current ‘masjid’ was purchased and the daily 5 times prayers were established.  Since then, we have had regular tafsir and taaleem sessions after Isha, some Brothers have had Itikaf weekends, and we have been able to host visitors from overseas.

During Ramadan of 2012 and 2013 a Hafiz and Alim from the UK spent the Blessed Month with us, leading the prayers and teaching the Qur’an, the Seerah, Hadith and Islamic History.

We are hoping, through the use of the Internet Technology, to educate the rest of the world to our existence on this small island, some 22 miles long by 7 miles wide. For more information on the Cayman Islands, go to www.caymanislands.ky.

Activities of Muslims in the Cayman Islands

The activities organized by the Islamic Society of the Cayman Islands cater for all Muslims on the Island, residents as well as visitors. You can support the Cayman Islands Community by visiting the website of  The Islamic Society of the Cayman Islands for further information. The Islamic Society of the Cayman Islands (‘ISCI’) was established to unite and organise the Muslim community of the Cayman Islands.  Another of our aims is to provide any possible assistance to the people of the Cayman Islands.

4 Comments on "Muslims in Cayman Islands"

  1. Mustapha Barrow | January 25, 2019 at 1:06 pm | Reply

    That is good to hear from the Muslim brothers in Cayman Island let keep it up. Please action are judge base on intention and Allah will always bless them and if Allah give me that chance i will also join you and we spread the teaching of Islamic region together. The Islamic region is the best and when ever i have my admission at Cayman University Insaalawo i will meet my brothers in Islam. Thanks for reading my message. I am Mustapha Barrow from The Gambia.

  2. How many muslims in total more or less?

  3. Shyju Abdul Azeez | December 23, 2020 at 4:30 am | Reply

    Assalamu alikkum iam very happy to this information(islam population of this island)

  4. Masha allah

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