Islam in Mexico

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The Islam in Mexico after the official census includes (2010) 3,760 Muslims who account for less than 0.003 percent of the total population. There is little information about the origin of Islam in Mexico . It is often assumed that the Islamic foundation was laid with the arrival of Turkish and Syrian immigrants. The number of Muslims of foreign origin and native converts is roughly equal. Most of the Islamic organizations in Mexico today focus on “ grassroots ” missionary activities that have the greatest impact at the local level of individual communities.

Islam in Chiapas

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The Spanish Murabitun Community , the Islamic Community in Spain , exists in the Spanish city ​​of Granada and maintains close ties with the Chiapas Community. The Spanish missionary Muhammad Nafia (formerly Aureliano Perez), today emir of the “Comunidad Islámica en México” (Islamic Community in Mexico), came to the state of Chiapas shortly after the Zapatista uprising and established an Islamic community in the city of San Cristóbal . Since then there have been reports of numerous conversions by Maya and Tzotzil Indians. The President of Mexico , Vicente Fox , has expressed concern about growing fundamentalism and possible ties of Zapatistas with the Basque separatist organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA).

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