Editing Islam in Brazil (section)

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[[File:Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque, Foz do Iguaçu 72.jpg|thumb|right|Mosque in [[Foz do Iguaçu]]]]
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'''[[Brazil]]''' is a predominantly [[Christian]] country with [[Islam]] being a minority religion, first brought by [[Slavery in Brazil|African slaves]] and then by [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] and [[Syrians|Syrian]] immigrants.<ref>{{cite book|last1=P Forsythe|first1=David|title=Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Volume 2|date=27 August 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0195334029|pages=187|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QbX90fmCVUC&q=brazil+%22largest+slave+population+in+the+world%22&pg=PA187}}</ref> Due to the [[secular]] nature of [[Constitution of Brazil|Brazil's constitution]], Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. However, Islam is not independently included in charts and graphics representing religions in Brazil due to its very small size, being grouped in "other religions", which generally represent about 1% of the country's population. The number of Muslims in Brazil, according to the [[2010 Brazilian Census|2010 census]], was 35,207 out of a population of approximately 191 million people.<ref name="census2000">{{Cite web |date=2014-02-03 |title=Migrações entre Religiões "O novo retrato da fé no Brasil" - Confira... - Inforgospel |url=http://blogs.odiario.com/inforgospel/2011/08/23/migracoes-entre-religioes-o-novo-retrato-da-fe-no-brasil-confira/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140203034554/http://blogs.odiario.com/inforgospel/2011/08/23/migracoes-entre-religioes-o-novo-retrato-da-fe-no-brasil-confira/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-03 |access-date=2025-04-05 }}</ref> This corresponds to 0.018% of the Brazilian population.