Editing Islam in Brazil (section)

===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.