By Ken ChitwoodHouston ChronicleJuly 5, 2012 Growing up on the streets of New York and Houston, Isa Parada was always part of a vibrant faith community. An altar boy at his family’s Roman Catholic parish, his family regularly prayed and read Scripture together. Today it is no different for Parada, spare for one thing, he […]

By Patrick AbboudSpecial Broadcasting Service (SBS)October 10, 2012 Unifying his Latino culture with the principles of Islam, Mark is said to be part of a new breed in the US of first generation Muslim converts “making waves”. Born into a Roman Catholic Latino family he converted to Islam in his early twenties. Mark Gonzales is […]

By Harold Daniel MoralesThesis/dissertation, 240 pagesUniversity of California, Riverside, 2012. Abstract: A growing community of Latino Muslims in the United States expands already dynamic categories of what it means to be a Latino and what it means to be a Muslim at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through various avenues, including the Internet, Latinos […]

By James EstrinLens / New York TimesJanuary 8, 2011 Eirini Vourloumis is a freelance photographer who has focused on Islamic communities in the United States. She is now in Greece, where she was born, to cover the economic crisis. Ms. Vourloumis is a graduate of Parsons and the Columbia Journalism School. Her work has been […]

By Hajer NailiILLUME MagazineApril 14, 2011 Milena recently began attending Qur’an classes on Wednesday nights at the North Hudson Islamic Center in Union City, New Jersey. Milena is one of thousands of Latino Americans who has converted to Islam. She embraced the fast-growing religion four weeks ago. Milena has been married to her husband, who […]

By Neda HashmiMuslim Link PaperMarch 31, 2011 Couple Fills Void In Spanish Books for Muslim Children Like many bilingual parents, Wendy Diaz and her husband Hernan Guadalupe decided that once they start a family, they will first teach their native language, Spanish, so the children will be able to learn their mother tongue. They not […]

By Holly GarzaMulticultural FamiliaAugust 26, 2011 Greetings! Hey everyone, saludos (greetings), hola (hello), bendicíon y (Blessing and ) salam (Peace) Holly Garza checking in! I guess since I’m a contributing so-called-blogger here I may as well write something ya que no puedo dormír (since I can’t sleep) anyhow. I laid in bed for over an […]

By Audris PonceThe VentureAugust 22, 2011 Latino and Muslim are two words that come charged with various sentiments in American society. Being a Latino Muslim comes with the challenge of facing both religious and ethnic ostracism. Juan Alvarado was raised Catholic by his Dominican parents but converted to Islam at the end of his college […]

By Yannina CasillasLa Gente NewsmagazineFebruary 19, 2011 How one Latina found new life by merging two worlds As a child of Mexican immigrants, I grew up culturally Catholic. But since I couldn’t find him there, I decided to seek Him for myself. I never lost faith in God and after years of searching, I finally […]

By Wilfredo Amr RuizThe Huffington PostNovember 16, 2011 America’s ever-growing Latino-Muslim population has yet to be estimated statistically. However, it is indisputable that with exponential growth Latino-Muslims find increasing presence and voice in the American Muslim public square. Latino paths to Islam are as diverse as Hispanic countries of origin and roots: from the Caribbean, […]