Latin American Muslims

Latin American Muslims are Muslims from countries in Latin America. A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in found that Muslims make up 0.1% of all of Latin America's population.

History
Some believe that the first Muslims that came to Latin America came under Portuguese and Spanish armies.

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." Based on other estimates, there are 100,000 Muslims in Latin America, mainly concentrated in Brazil, Mexico, Jamaica and Argentina, with smaller concentrations in Venezuela, Haiti, Colombia and Paraguay. Most of these Latin American Muslims are from either Lebanese, Syrian and some convert origin.

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in found that the number of Muslims in Latin America and Caribbean is around 840,000. According to the International Religious Freedom Report in, the actual size of Argentina's Muslim community is estimated to be around 1% of the total population (400,000 to 500,000 members). And according to the 2010 census, the number of Muslims in Brazil, was 35,207 out of a population of approximately 191 million people.

Suriname has the highest percentage of Muslims in its population for the region, with 13.9% or 75,053 individuals, according to its 2012 census. Islam came to Suriname with immigrants from Indonesia (Java) and South Asia (today India, Pakistan and Bangladesh).

Organizations
Many Muslim organizations exist in Latin America, such as the Islamic Organization of Latin America and the Caribbean (OIPALC). OIPALC is considered the most active organization in Latin America in promoting Islamic affiliated endeavors.