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==Today== [[Image:Mesquita de Cuiabá.jpg|thumb|left|Mosque in [[Cuiabá]], [[Brazil]].]] ===Population=== According to the [[Brazil]]ian [[census]] of 2010<ref name="census2010">[ftp://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2010/Caracteristicas_Gerais_Religiao_Deficiencia/tab1_4.pdf IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics). 2010 Census]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Accessed 07.08.2012.</ref> there were 35,167 [[Muslims]] living in the country, primarily concentrated in the states of [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] and [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]], compared to 22,450 Muslims in 1990 and 27,239 in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Os caminhos do Islã no Brasil [The paths of Islam in Brazil]|url=http://www.istoe.com.br/reportagens/349181_OS+CAMINHOS+DO+ISLA+NO+BRASIL|website=IstoÉ|date=21 February 2014|access-date=15 February 2015|archive-date=3 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103092304/http://www.istoe.com.br/reportagens/349181_OS+CAMINHOS+DO+ISLA+NO+BRASIL|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are significant Muslim communities in the industrial [[suburb]]s of the city of [[São Paulo]] and in the port city of [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]], as well as in smaller communities in [[Paraná State]] in the coastal region and in [[Curitiba]] and [[Foz do Iguaçu]] in the [[Triple Frontier|Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay triborder area]]. The community is overwhelmingly [[Sunni]]; the Sunnis are almost completely assimilated into broader society. The recent [[Shi'ite]] immigrants gravitate to small insular communities in São Paulo, Curitiba, and Foz do Iguaçu. A recent trend has been the increase in [[Religious conversion#Islam|conversion]]s to Islam among non-[[Arab]] citizens.<ref name="religiousfreedom2006">{{Cite web |date=2009-11-30 |title=Brazil |url=http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127381.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130031802/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127381.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-30 |access-date=2025-04-05 }}</ref> A recent Muslim source estimated that there are close to 10,000 Muslim converts living in Brazil.<ref name=oliveira2006/> During the past 30 years, Islam has become increasingly noticeable in Brazilian society by building not only mosques, but also [[libraries]], arts centres, and [[school]]s and also by funding [[newspaper]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.30-days.net/muslims/muslims-in/america-south/brazil/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316043322/http://www.30-days.net/muslims/muslims-in/america-south/brazil/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2007|title=Loving Muslims Through Prayer » Brazil's Muslim Peoples|date=16 March 2007|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref> The growth of Islam within Brazil is demonstrated in the fact that 2 of the 3 existing Portuguese translations of the [[Qur'an]] were created by Muslim translators in São Paulo.<ref name=oliveira2006/> According to the [[IBGE]] census, 83.2% of Muslims are self-declared as white, 12.2% are mixed, 3.8% black, 0.8% orientals and 0.04% indigenous. Almost all Brazilian Muslims (99,2%) have been living in urban areas. Despite 60% of Brazilian Muslims being men, 70% of converted Muslims are women.<ref>[https://istoe.com.br/349181_OS+CAMINHOS+DO+ISLA+NO+BRASIL/ Os caminhos do islã no Brasil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415071241/https://istoe.com.br/349181_OS+CAMINHOS+DO+ISLA+NO+BRASIL/ |date=2021-04-15 }} In english: The paths of Islam in Brazil</ref> ===Infrastructure=== [[File:Centro Islâmico de Campinas.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Islamic Centre of [[Campinas]].]] There are over 150 [[List of mosques in Brazil|mosques in Brazil]] and the number is growing.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Guide to Finding Mosques in Brazil |url=https://www.halaltrip.com/other/blog/a-guide-to-finding-mosques-in-brazil/ |website=halaltrip.com |access-date=20 September 2018}}</ref> As has been the case in many of the larger metropolitan mosques in [[South America]], foreign assistance and individual effort have played major roles in the sustainability of the mosques in the greater São Paulo area. For example, the Imam of the Av. Do Estado Mosque is from the Middle East and often Imams are chosen jointly by the Mosques' management committees and the Arab governments that pay for the Imam's services. Ismail Hatia, a South African who came to Brazil in 1956, built a mosque in [[Campinas]] many years ago. Hatia, who also runs a language school, felt that the approximately 50 Muslim families in Campinas were in dire need of some community organization to help provide cohesion and direction for the Muslims. The Campinas mosque now holds regular Friday [[Jumu'ah|juma'at]] prayers.
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