Islam in Bolivia

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Muslim population of around two thousand, representing 0.017% out of the total population of 11,220,000 inhabitants.[1]

In 2004 the first official

Sunni mosque, the Yebel An Nur Mosque, was founded in 2004 in La Paz. The Yebel An Nur Mosque remains self-funded with close ties to the Sunni Bolivian Islamic Center of Santa Cruz while the As-Salam Mosque receives both Sunni and Shia followers, connections, and funding.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Miller, Tracy, ed. (October 2009), Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population (PDF), Pew Research Center, p. 35, archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-10, retrieved 2009-10-08
  2. ^ "Mezquita Yebel An Nur". Mezquita Yebel An Nur.

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