Hispanic Muslim Converts in U.S.

This interview was arranged by WhyIslam. Find out why so many Latinos are exploring Islam as the way of life. 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. According to WhyIslam’s 2012 annual report, 19 percent of the some 3,000 converts it assisted in 2011 were Latinos, and more than half of those (55 percent) were women. 

This interview was arranged by WhyIslam. Find out why so many Latinos are exploring Islam as the way of life. 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. According to WhyIslam’s 2012 annual report, 19 percent of the some 3,000 converts it assisted in 2011 were Latinos, and more than half of those (55 percent) were women.