Friday, December 11, 2009

Muslim Numbers Soar In Latin America's Islamic Resurgence

"ALLAH Akbar" blares from the loudspeakers as hundreds of Muslims file into the mosque for prayers. Outside, halal meat stores line the street as in Damascus, Cairo or Baghdad, but this is the working-class neighbourhood of Bras in Sao Paulo, Brazil -- the heart of Islam's Latin American rebirth.

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