200,000 Hispanic converts to Islam in the US

While the majority of Hispanics in the United States are Catholic, some studies have estimated that there are as many as 200,000 Hispanic converts to Islam in this country.

At the North Hudson Islamic Educational Center in Union City, New Jersey, there are Spanish-language classes on the Qur’an and an annual Latino Muslim Day. About 35 percent of the center’s congregation is Hispanic, and there are frequent conversions in which Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Cubans and others recite the Shahadah, a declaration of belief.