El islam en América Latina: del siglo XX al XXI

Abstract

Este trabajo aborda la presencia actual del islam en América Latina, con una breve historia de su pasado. El autor sostiene que en la época colonial y en el siglo XIX esta religión tuvo una mínima presencia en la región, con un breve resurgimiento en las primeras décadas del siglo XX, aunque una desaparición posterior. A comienzos del siglo XXI se reanuda su presencia y muestra una visibilidad hasta ahora desconocida. En el trabajo se analizan las causas de este fenómeno tales como la migración y el proselitismo, así como las perspectivas.

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“…However, it is important to note that local opposition to their presence was rooted primarily in their choice of profession and not in their religion, as the vast majority were Christian-or were they? Taboada (2010) states not only that Muslims have been present in Latin America since the earliest colonial endeavors on the continent, but also that it is reductionist to subsume all of those arriving from the Middle East under the same national or religious borders for two compelling reasons. First, these nations simply did not exist at the time of the first waves of immigration.…”

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“…In conclusion, there are not clear records or well followed history of how or what happen with Islam during those times, but during the 16th and 17th centuries are known that America was under Iberian rule, that the individual of Arab culture or the Muslim in general was called Moor but also they had begun to be baptized, they were formally Christian and their Arab culture was being lost in isolation. Taboada (2009) states that no Islamic communities seem to have existed in colonial times or during the first decades of independence. In the rest of America there were proven individuals whose faith was kept secret or they were disappearing.…”

“…On the other hand, Taboada (2009) states that the reasons why Muslims vanished as a group could be the attitude of the Church and the society, that it was hard to practice in a non-Islamic environment or the complete cultural isolation. Muslims did not have their own institutions or something similar to guide them or motivate them to keep going.…”

“…It explains that the manifestations of Islam in Latin America are not uniform and have variations which response to the context or place originated but keep clear that Latin America is a part of a continent of mixed races, cultures and societies. Taboada (2009) mentions in his article, that the Islamic religion spread with relative ease since its beginnings in the 7th century developing the curiosity and fear of medieval Europe. Fear and curiosity that instead of stopping, grew and its population later known as Moor, black slaves, Arab immigrants spread even farther.…”