Editing Islam in the Netherlands (section)

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{{Infobox religious group
| group         = Islam in the Netherlands
| flag          = Allah-green.svg
| flag_caption  =
| flag_size     = 25px
| image         = File:Amsterdam Ayasofya Camii @ West Mosque @ Amsterdam (20678888939).jpg
| image_caption = [[Westermoskee]], [[Amsterdam]]
| image_size    = 250px
| population    = 5% of the total population in 2019
| founder       =
| regions       = [[Amsterdam]]{{·}}[[Rotterdam]]{{·}}[[The Hague]]{{·}}[[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]
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| religions     = [[Sunni Islam]] <small>(majority)</small><br/>[[Shia Islam]]{{·}}[[Ahmadiya]]{{·}}[[Alevism]]{{·}}[[Quranism]]
| scriptures    =
| languages     = [[Dutch language|Dutch]]{{·}}[[Arabic]]{{·}}[[Berber languages|Amazigh]]{{·}}[[Turkish language|Turkish]]{{·}}[[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]{{·}}[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]{{·}}[[Sarnami]]{{·}}[[Javanese language#Surinamese-Javanese|Surinamese-Javanese]]{{·}}[[Somali language|Somali]]{{·}}[[Dari]]{{·}}[[Persian language|Farsi]]
| related-c     = 
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[[Islam]] is the second largest [[Religion in the Netherlands|religion]] in the [[Netherlands]], after [[Christianity]], and is practised by 6% of the population according to 2023. estimates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS Statline |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/82904NED/line?dl=B697A |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=opendata.cbs.nl |language=nl}}</ref> The majority of [[Muslim]]s in the Netherlands belong to the [[Sunni]] denomination.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/files/2009/10/Muslimpopulation.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216074005/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2009/10/Muslimpopulation.pdf |archive-date=2017-12-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many reside in the country's four major cities: [[Amsterdam]], [[Rotterdam]], [[The Hague]] and [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]].

The early history of '''Islam in the Netherlands''' can be traced back to the 16th century, when a small number of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] merchants began settling in the nation's port cities. As a result, improvised [[mosque]]s were first built in Amsterdam in the early 17th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio1.nl/items/41809-liever-turks-dan-paaps|title=NPO Radio 1 - 'Liever Turks dan paaps' ("Rather Turks than Papist")|publisher=Radio 1, Netherlands|access-date=2012-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214026/http://www.radio1.nl/items/41809-liever-turks-dan-paaps|archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> In the ensuing centuries, the Netherlands experienced sporadic Muslim immigration from the [[Dutch East Indies]], during their long history as part of the [[Dutch Empire|Dutch overseas possessions]]. From the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the [[First World War]] until the [[independence of Indonesia]], the Dutch East Indies contained the world's second largest Muslim population, after [[British India]]. However, the number of Muslims in the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was very low, accounting for less than 0.1% of the population.

The Netherlands' economic resurgence in the years between 1960 and 1973 motivated the Dutch government to recruit foreign skilled laborers, chiefly from [[Morocco]] and [[Turkey]] – both [[Muslim world|majority Muslim countries]]. Later waves of Muslim immigrants arrived through [[family reunification]] and [[asylum seeking]]. Small but notable minorities of Muslims also immigrated from the former colonies of [[Indonesia]] and [[Suriname]].