Looking at the State Islamic Tango

Islam is slowly getting accepted by the community of Argentina. The number of Muslim believers currently reached three million people.
Argentina's name is always synonymous with the name of football. A number of names world footballer born in this country. For example, Diego Armando Maradona, Gabriel Omar Batistuta, Mario Kempes, Lionel Messi, Carlos Teves, Javier Mascherano and Kun Aguero. Maradona is one of the world's best players of the 20th century, with Edson Arantes do Nasacimento, a familiar Brazilian called Pele. While the recently become a world star Lionel Messi.
But on the other hand, not many people know that carries a unique predicate that the State has an area of 2,780,400 m2 that.
In the midst of the euphoria of the population who likes football, there is a Muslim community living in the midst of a majority of Christian people.
Argentina is one country that is very much his Muslim population. Even the largest when compared with other countries in Latin America.
Then, how many Muslims in this country? The question was certainly not worthy when compared with the Middle Eastern countries or Asia, which is the State of Muslims in the world. Because Latin America is a Christian missionary territory since the region was conquered Europe in the early 16th century. And in the middle of the ideological war between the West and Islam today, Islam can actually flourish and thrive there.

Although the Muslim population in the country that has the official name of the Argentine Nation is ranked fourth, its mission and Muslims religiosity is so high there. This can be proved by the establishment of a number of mosques in Argentina.
In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, had stood a large mosque in 1989. The mosque is now a center of worship and preaching activities of Muslims there. In some cities in Argentina, now also stand mosques and stately solid.
Islamic Da'wah increasingly widespread in Argentina after an Islamic studies center named "The King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center", was built in 1996. Islamic studies center building is located in the middle-class neighborhood in Palermo, Buenos Aires.
The project is a collaboration of the government of Argentina and Saudi Arabia was built on an area of 34 thousand m2. This study center is equipped with a mosque, library, two schools, parks and land Parker.
In this place, usually Muslims gather and assess scientific and surrounding Islamic culture. Especially during Ramadan, chanting culture and Islamic values so vivid blown.
The role of immigrants from the Middle East, like Syria and Lebanon, making the message of Islam in Argentina increasingly crowded. That migrants are actually a lot of introducing Islam to the people of Argentina. They migrated to the area of Argentina in the early 20th century, and formed settlements in the midst of the natives. They live in harmony and peaceful without any sense of suspicion and hostility.
As a country with the largest Muslim population in the region of South America, the teachings of Islam experienced a fairly rapid growth in Argentina. Therefore, the Muslim community in this country Tango felt the need to know the figure of the Prophet Muhammad, the messenger message of Islam to the people of Argentina. According to recent research survey agency Amaerika States. Pew Research Center, said that Argentina has a 800 thousand Muslims. However, several other institutions mentioned, the number of Muslims in Argentina to reach three million people.
Islamic Center of Buenos Aires in cooperation with the Organization of the Islamic world, spreading education to introduce the figure of the prophet Muhammad. Argentina community. As the report released Saudy Press Agency (SPA) in February 2009 and then, this education is one way to know the figure of the Prophet Muhammad.
The implementation of this education, as quoted by SPA, aimed at studying exemplary sides of the Prophet in Islamic matters. Thus, expected non-Muslim community in Argentina to get to know more deeply the great human figure, the Prophet Muhammad.
Saudi Arabia Embassy in Buenos Aires, was responsible for this program. Implementation of Islamic education program was conducted in 2009 this year. More than 50 people from the Muslim preachers, priests and administrators mosque of Islamic Organizations in Argentina will take part in all levels of education are.