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Latino Muslims are Latinos whose religion is Islam. Latino Muslims are also known as Hispanic Muslims.
Latino Muslims live in various cities within the United States.
Factors for Conversion
Main article: http://en.wikipedia.org/Islam_in_Christian_countries § Factors_in_Conversion Factors for ConversionLatino Muslims convert to Islam for various reasons:
- Muslims believe in One God and pray/communicate with God directly.
- Community: Islam offers an escape from the hyper-urban, industrial, westernized, individualist world in favor of the solidarity of a community rooted in tradition.
- Islam/Quran answers many of the unanswered questions in the Bible.
- Opposition to Christianity: Especially for those who were raised Catholic, Islam allows them to escape the things they didn’t like about Christianity, such as confession, the hierarchy of the church, and the idea of an intermediary between a person and God, while retaining their monotheistic faith.
- Most of the basic teachings of Islam and Christianity are quiet similar.
- Muslims believe in Moses, Abraham, David, and other prophets mentioned in Bible to be prophets of God.
- Jesus in Islam is prophet of God and they also believe in his miracle birth. However there are certain differences in the belief of Muslims and Christians.
- Spirituality: Many people favor mystic forms of Islam. Sufism, for example, is historically most common in the Sahara, making it appealing to people of African descent.
- Quest for Familial “Roots:” For a number of converts, especially for those of African descent, Islam is a way of affirming their identity. African-Americans make up 42% of the total Muslim population in America. This is probably linked to the fact that 10-20% of the slaves brought over from Africa (such as present-day Senegal) were Muslims.
- Social Protest: Islamic ideas about the world are generally in opposition to western society, e.g., ideas about collectivism are opposed to western ideals of capitalism.
- The Quran is still preserved in its original form.
Various Latino Muslim organizations exist including the Latino American Dawah Organization and Alianza Islamica.
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