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The statistics for Islam in Peru estimate a total Muslim population of 5,000, largely based in the capital of Lima, Peru;〔Shaikh, Farzana. "Islam and Islamic groups: a worldwide reference guide", 1992〕 a number which has remained static since 1980.〔http://www.mrnet.org/system/files/library/islam_in_latin_am.pdf〕 Islam was historically introduced by Spanish Moors, although today's population is almost entirely of Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian origin.〔〔 ==History== In 1560, the Spanish rulers of Peru sentenced Lope de la Pena, described as a "Moor from Guadalajara", to life imprisonment for the crime of "having practiced and spread Islam" in Cuzco and was also required to wear the Sanbenito around his neck for his entire imprisonment.〔Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history: the Black experience in the Americas, Volume 4, page 1561〕〔Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas, Page 147〕〔Central Institute of Islamic Research, Pakistan, Islamic studies, Volume 45, Issues 1-2, 2006〕 Other sources give his name as Alvaro Gonzalez.〔Lea, Henry Charles. "Inquisition of the Spanish Dependencies", Page 321〕 His colleague, the mulatto "son of a Spaniard (Solano ) and a black woman",〔〔Bowser, Frederick P. "The African Slave in Colonial Peru", Page 251〕〔Louis Cardaillac, "(Le Probleme Morisque en Amerique ), Page 293〕 Luis Solano was similarly convicted of spreading Islam, but was executed for the offence.〔〔The African Slave in Colonial Peru 1524-1650 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1974), 251.〕 As persecution increased in the Spanish dependencies, Muslims ceased identifying themselves by their religion and became nominal Christians; eventually Islam disappeared from the country entirely.〔LAMU, (History of Islam in Peru )〕 In 1911, the Peruvian missionary McNairn wrote about "God's call to His Church to go in and possess the land () Africa, in view of the great Moslem advance. We must take the Light to the Dark Continent before the apostles of Mohammedanism enshroud it in yet greater darkness".〔Wherry, E. M. "Islam and Missions", 1911〕 Islam was reintroduced to Peru in the 1940s, during the Nakba exodus, Palestinian and Lebanese Muslims fleeing persecution from the newly formed State of Israel.〔 In 1974, the Nation of Islam, through its counterpart in Belize, began importing Pacific Whiting fish from Peru to the United States, where it was sold as an Islamic alternative to mainstream fish markets.〔Curtis, Edward E. "Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam", Page 105〕 In 1993, the Muslim community opened a masjid in the Jesús María District of the capital, but it was later closed due to financial difficulty. Another location was opened in the Villa El Salvador district, but met with similar difficulties and also closed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Islam in Peru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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