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	== Latino Muslims and the Moors ==		== Latino Muslims and the Moors ==

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Latino Muslims are Latin Americans whose religion is Islam. In countries such as the United States, where due to a historical misunderstanding regarding to the real meaning of the words Hispanic and Latino, these terms may be confused Latino Muslims may also be called Hispanic Muslims. Note that this is the particular case of the United States, and thus it can not be extrapolated to other countries.

Latino Muslims and the Moors

The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of the northernmost Mediterranean coast of North Africa, who invaded Hispania (modern-day Spain and Portugal) in the 8th century. They were expulsed by the Christians of the Peninsula in the 15th century through a process called Reconquista, after eight centuries of war.

Although some Moors and Moriscos (Christian converted Moors) from Hispania emigrated to the Americas, the majority were expulsed back to their land of origin, North Africa. Therefore, in spite of the claims by some Latino Muslims attempting to trace their Islamic roots back to the Moors to justify their modern beliefs, most modern-day Latinos have converted to Islam as a personal choice, and thus they have no direct relation to the original Muslim population of Hispania.

Though some may have Moorish ancestry, it is not because they descend from a lineage of Hispanic Moors who left Hispania to the Americas, but as a natural result of their Spanish ancestry, which includes Moorish ancestry due to the presence of the Moors in part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Statistics

Many Latino Muslims live in various cities within the United States, their numbers estimated to be from between 70,000 and 200,000. Since the United States Census Bureau does not provide statistics on religion, statistics are scarce and wide ranging. Some estimates say there are between 15,000 to 50,000 Hispanic Muslims in the United States. According to the Islamic Society of North America there are 40,000 Hispanic Muslims in the Unites States. The majority of Hispanic converts to Islam are women.

Organizations

Various Latino Muslim organizations exist including the Latino American Dawah Organization and Alianza Islamica. The Alianza Islamica is the oldest Latino Muslim organization in the United States. It was founded in 1975 by a group of Puerto Rican Islamic converts.

Notes

In the United States of America, both terms are used according to meaning given by the U.S. Census Bureau. An example of the interchangeability of these terms can be found, for example, in their website 1. See also: Ethnicity (United States Census)
The rest of Hispanic American countries and Spain use the term according to its original and real meaning, given by the Real Academia Española: 1
Olé to Allah, article from IslamForToday.com and Latino Muslims a Growing Presence in America from HispanicMuslims.com. Both articles claim the Moors to be the original Spanish ancesters from the Latin Americans.
"More Hispanic Americans are Converting to Islam" - Voice of America, Steve Mort (Orlando, Florida). Retrieved on 13 February 2007.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6133579 "Latinas Choosing Islam over Catholicism" by Rachel Martin
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1146265 NPR "Islam and Hispanics" by Shirley Jahad
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6133579 "Latinas Choosing Islam over Catholicism" by Rachel Martin

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