Latin America
| Area | 21,069,501 km² |
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| Population | 569 million |
| Countries | 21 |
| Dependencies | 10 |
| GDP | $3.33 Trillion (exchange rate) $5.62 Trillion (purchasing power parity) |
| Languages | Spanish 58%, Portuguese 40%, French1%, Quechua, Aymara, Nahuatl, Mayan languages, Guaraní, English, Haitian Creole, Papiamentu, Dutch, and many others |
| Time Zones | UTC-2 (Brazil) to UTC-8 (Mexico) |
| Largest Urban Agglomerations | 1. Mexico City 2. São Paulo 3. Buenos Aires 4. Rio de Janeiro 5. Lima 6. Bogotá 7. Santiago 8. Belo Horizonte 9. Caracas 10. Porto Alegre |
For the ethnic group in the United States which consists of people of Latin American origin who share the Islamic faith, see Latino Muslims.
Latin American Muslims are Muslims from countries from Latin America.
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History of the Muslims in Latin America
The history of the Muslims in Latin America dates back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross-Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492, when he left Spain and eventually "discovered" the New World. His date of departure was also the day on which the Catholic Monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon decreed that the Muslims (both Moors and muladis) and Jews of Spain either had to convert to Catholicism, depart from the country, or face death for defiance of the Monarch. This marked the end of Spain's long Reconquista which routed out Muslim invaders from North Africa. Muslims did not go to the New World with Columbus and there have been no sizable immigration of Muslims to Latin America.
Statistics
Quoted from "Muslims in Latin America" by Muhammad Yusuf Hallar - "According to statistics, the number of Muslims in Latin America is over four million, serving as an example 700,000 (seven hundred thousand) in Argentina and more than 1,500,000 (one point five million) in Brazil."
Organizations
Many Muslim organizations exist in Latin America such as the Islamic Organization of Latin America.
See also
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Islam in Americas
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- Islam in Argentina
- Islam in Bolivia
- Islam in Chile
- Islam in Colombia
- Islam in Ecuador
- Islam in Guyana
- Islam in Panama
- Islam in Paraguay
- Islam in Peru
- Islam in Suriname
- Islam in Trinidad and Tobago
- Islam in Uruguay
- Islam in Venezuela
- Islam in Belize
- Islam in Costa Rica
- Islam in Cuba
- Islam in Dominican Republic
- Islam in El Salvador
- Islam in Guatemala
- Islam in Honduras
- Islam in Mexico
- Islam in Nicaragua
- Islam in Puerto Rico
External links
- Muslims in Latin America by Muhammad Yusuf Hallar
- Muslim Organizations in Latin America
- IOLA Website
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