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Islam in Oceania : ウィキペディア英語版 | Islam in Oceania
Islam in Oceania refers to Islam and Muslims in Oceania. By current estimates, there are 498,395 Muslims in Oceania, 399,000 in Australia, 36,072 in New Zealand, 54,323 in Fiji, 6,350 in New Caledonia, 2,000 in Papua New Guinea, 350 in Solomon Islands, 200 in Vanuatu, 100 in Tonga and tiny numbers in Kiribati and Samoa.〔(Muslim Population )〕 According to a 2007 article in ''Pacific Magazine'', entitled 'Green Moon Rising', Islam has seen a substantial increase in adherents amongst the peoples of Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. There have been thousands of indigenous converts to Islam in Melanesia.〔(Green moon rising )〕〔(Pacific: The spread of Islam in Melanesia )〕 There are also approximately 400 Muslims in Palau, whose government recently allowed a few Uyghurs detained in Guantanamo Bay to settle in the island nation.〔(Lawyers: Uighurs agree to go to Palau )〕 ==Geography== Eastern French Polynesia (Tuamotus) is antipodal to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where Islam originated.
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