Forms of adhesion to Islam in Argentina: conversion, tradition, choice, return to religion and intra-Islamic transit

<p><strong>As in other Latin American countries, Muslim presence in Argentina traces its origin to Arab migration waves in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century; most of these immigrants came from Lebanon and Syria. We can identify three historical periods; each of these stages...

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Main Author: Silvia Maria Montenegro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais 2015-06-01
Series:Horizonte
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Online Access:http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/9430