Hispanic and Latino American Muslims

Hispanic and Latino American Muslims
Total population
50,000 to 70,000. Estimated.[1]
Regions with significant populations
Across the country, especially in the
Southwestern United States
as well as in urban areas.
Languages
American English, Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish Creole, Portuguese Creole, Amerindian, Basque, Catalan, Galician, Occitan, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, Judaeo-Spanish, Bosnian, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kartvelian languages, Ossetian, Kurdish, Aramaic, Northeast Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian languages, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Nogai, Romani, Berber languages
Religion
Islam
(majority: Sunni, Sufi
minority: Shi'a, Ibadi)
Related ethnic groups
Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latin American Muslims, Tejanos, Nuevomexicanos, Californios, Chicanos, Boricuas, Nuyoricans, Portuguese Americans, Caribbean Americans

Hispanic and Latino American Muslims are Hispanic and Latino Americans who are adherents of the Islamic faith. Hispanic and Latino Americans are an ethnolinguistic group of citizens of the United States with origins in Spain and Latin America.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :LMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bowen, Patrick D. (2013). "U.S. Latina/o Muslims Since 1920: From "Moors" to "Latino Muslims"". Journal of Religious History. 37 (2): 165–184. doi:10.1111/1467-9809.12026.

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