Dec 17, 2001
A New Minority Makes Itself Known: Hispanic Muslims
Evelyn Nieves
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In recent years, Latino Muslim groups have formed in most large cities in the United States and in smaller cities with large Spanish- speaking populations. Though exact figures are hard to come by, since people tend to drop in at mosques and may not appear on any membership rolls, the American Muslim Council, an advocacy group in Washington, estimates that 25,000 Hispanics in the United States are Muslims. It is a small fraction of the nation's Muslims — estimates of the total number range from 4 million to 6 million — but a figure that appears to be growing by the year. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/17/national/17LATI.html?searchpv=nytToday
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