Islam in Uruguay
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Uruguay is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority religion. Due to the secular nature of Uruguay's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country.
The statistics for Islam in Uruguay estimate a total Muslim population of 700-1,500, representing 0.1 percent of the population by the USCIRF Report-2022.[1]
A significant Muslim population lives in Chuy, near the Brazilian border, as well as Rivera, Artigas and Montevideo.
Islamic Centers
[edit]There are three Islamic centers in Montevideo:
1) Musallah Al Haazimi(mosque)
2) Egyptian Cultural Islamic Center[2]
3) Islamic Center Uruguay[3]
Distribution
[edit]The majority of Muslims live in the eastern Uruguayan department of Rocha, in the city of Chuy, as well as in the cities of Rivera, Artigas, and Montevideo.[4]
Palestinian Uruguayans
[edit]Palestinian Uruguayans (السطينيو أوروغواي) are Uruguayan citizens born in Palestine and residing in Uruguay. Approximately 5,000 Palestinians live mainly in the city of Chuí, which borders Chui city, which has a mosque and Islamic community in Brazil, and the rest in the city of Rivera. The majority of Palestinian Uruguayans are Muslims, with a minority being Christians.[5]
Arab Uruguayans
[edit]Arab Uruguayans are mainly immigrants from the territory of present-day Lebanon (whose descendants may now number over 50,000 [6][7]). Uruguayan Arabs also include immigrants from other Arab countries, such as Egypt, Syria, Morocco, and Palestine. The majority of Uruguayan Arabs are Christian, with a minority being Muslim, and a small number being Jewish.[6] About 500 Arabs live in the cities of Chui and Rivera on the border with Brazil.[6]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "URUGUAY-2022" (PDF). US Department Of State(gov.). Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Centro Egipcio de la Cultura Islámica (in Spanish)
- ^ Centro Islámico del Uruguay Archived 2022-01-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "El islam: una religión en vías de expansión". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ "Subjectivity and frontierland" (in Spanish). Brecha. 15 November 2019.
- ^ a b c Arocena, Felipe (September 2009). "La contribución de los inmigrantes en Uruguay" [The contribution of immigrants in Uruguay] (PDF). Papeles del CEIC (in Spanish). 2009/2 (47). University of the Basque Country. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ Renzo Pi Hugarte. "La asimilación cultural de los siriolibaneses y sus descendientes en Uruguay" (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2025.
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