User:Kag161616/Islam in Cuba

History
Islam became more popular when the people were having a economic crisis and a religious boom. When bad things haven like a economic crisis people tend to turn towards religion with is what the people of Cuba did. The religion started to become more organized in the 1990s. Islam was not organized very well in the past because the main worshipers were slaves and they did not have the freedom to make Islam more organized in Cuba. The government also had problem with accepting Islam as a official religion at first. But the 1990s was the start of the government of Cuba becoming for religious and accepting of public practice. At first Islam in Cuba was difficult to practice because of the lack of Islam books in Spanish but with the completion of a mosque in Havana in 2015 it has become easier for people to worship. A lot has changed from the time when Muslims in Cuba could of faced consequences because of the government to having their own mosque with teachers. The change for some Muslim Cubans are difficult because they have always eaten pork and used alcohol. The change for many will be gradual because of lack of formal teaching and imams in the past. Since the Cuban Muslim community is still young many of the Cuban traditions have blended with the new Muslim traditions. With new teachers and a public place to worship more Cubans will be exposed to Islam and the religion will grow.