Latinos Flock to Islam

The Takeaway

You may be surprised to learn that in 2011, 12 percent of all converts to Islam in the United States were Latino. That’s double the rate of a decade ago.  Brooke Binkowski  is a freelance reporter at the Fronteras Desk.
Amir Carr (left) and imam Muhanna Jamaleddin (right) inside Masjid al-Islam, one of two new mosques in Tijuana, Mexico.

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