Intro
The U.S. Virgin Islands is an overseas territory (aka colony) of the USA. It has a small Sunni Muslim community therein, their mosque is called Masjid Nur. It was built in 1978 as Masjid Muhammad, there seem to be roughly 500 Muslims as of 2025.
In 2025, on a July edition of “This Week with Huzoor” (15:09 time stamp), a Caribbean man who accidentally left Islam and converted to Qadianism gives his story. He said he was in Washington D.C. and couldn’t find the Islamic masjid that he wanted to go to. Instead, he followed Google Maps at ended up at an Ahmadiyya temple and later converted (See the clip on TikTok and Twitter).
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https://hwpi.harvard.edu/pluralismarchive/news/islam-us-virgin-islands
Islam on US Virgin Islands
Source: Black Star News
http://blackstarnews.com/?c=122&a=3420
It was only about 30 years ago that a Muslim community began to grow on the Virgin Islands with the building on St. Thomas of Masjid Muhammad in 1978.
Later it became Masjid Al-Nur located in Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the US Virgin Islands. With a population of about 300 Muslims the Islamic Community in St. Thomas is unique in that it is made of up of indigenous Virgin Islanders, Palestinians, and residents that moved there from the United States mainland.
Much like their US stateside Muslim community counterparts, there is a struggle to maintain a sense of community amongst the indigenous African-Caribbean Muslims along with the other ethnic groups.
Despite some of their struggles in trying to understand one another, they still work to try to come together so that they and their children can have a sense of hope in practicing Islam on such a small predominately Christian island.
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Links and Related Essay’s
Islam on US Virgin Islands | Pluralism Project Archive
https://hwpi.harvard.edu/pluralismarchive/news/islam-us-virgin-islands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands
https://x.com/ahmadiyyafacts/status/1952512765362655696?s=46&t=HTqZKquoOvKbgoBAF2aQcg
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kQUb4m/
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