Studies estimate that there are about 40,000 Latino Muslims in the US, and an estimated 60% are women. Many, if not the majority of these Latino Muslims are converts. There are 6 million Muslims in South America, according to HispanicMuslims.com

Converting to Islam can be difficult, sometimes even more so for family members. Muslim practices are very different to Catholicism, and if the women wear a hijab or headscarf and participate in prayer 5 times daily, the change is even more obvious.

So why have some Latina women decided to become Muslim? According to the MSNBC article, reasons vary. Some women don’t find what they are looking for in Catholicism, some have been impacted by positive community involvement, while others feel that it represents a “return to traditional values”.

HispanicMuslims.com
Latino American Dawah Organization

Via / MSNBC