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Why Many Latinos Are Becoming Muslims

Why Many Latinos Are Becoming Muslims
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National Reporter, HuffPost

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Most Latinos know the country is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month right now. What far fewer Latinos know is that next week marks Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s most sacred holidays.

And yet the two observances are more related now than most Latinos realize.

Just as the U.S. Latino population is on the rise – Hispanics are now the nation’s largest minority – so is the number of Latino Muslims. And it’s not just a result of Arab Latin Americans emigrating to the United States.

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Latina Muslims
Latina Muslims(01 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas pose for a portrait at the AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Oliveras and Santana spoke to Huffington Post reporters about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(02 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas pose for a portrait at the AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Oliveras and Santana spoke to Huffington Post reporters about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(03 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas pose for a portrait at the AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Oliveras and Santana spoke to Huffington Post reporters about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(04 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas speak about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(05 of17)
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Kalene Santana, speaks about her conversion from her cultural Latina faith of Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(06 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas speak about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(07 of17)
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Kalene Santana, speaks about her conversion from her cultural Latina faith of Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(08 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail speaks about her conversion from her cultural Latina faith of Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(09 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas speak about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(10 of17)
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Kalene Santana, speaks about her conversion from her cultural Latina faith of Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(11 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas pose for a portrait at the AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Oliveras and Santana spoke to Huffington Post reporters about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(12 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas pose for a portrait at the AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Oliveras and Santana spoke to Huffington Post reporters about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(13 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas speak about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(14 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas speak about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(15 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas speak about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam while visiting AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(16 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas pose for a portrait at the AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Oliveras and Santana spoke to Huffington Post reporters about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Latina Muslims(17 of17)
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Delma Oliveras, also known by her Muslim name Zainab Ismail and Kalene Santana both Latinas pose for a portrait at the AOL Huffington Post headquarters in New York on Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Oliveras and Santana spoke to Huffington Post reporters about their conversion from Catholicism to Islam. (Damon Dahlen, AOL) (credit:Damon Dahlen, AOL)
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