By Shaikh Yahya Suquillo Islamic Values Already Present in Latin American Culture Measuring Latin American culture in terms of the development of Islamic cultural values is difficult except for a few aspects. One reason for the unawareness of Islamic cultural values present in Latin American culture is an educational system that does not mention that Islamic values influenced Latin American culture during centuries of Islam’s existence within the Spanish culture. Consider the great Islamic architecture within some cities in South America. In Brazil, for instance, some old churches are decorated with Arabic calligraphy art carved by Muslim slaves that were

Islamic Principles in the Development of Latin America By Yahya Juan Suquillo 19 – 21 Rajab 1.424 Hijri16-18 Sept. 2003 CE. Given by Yahya Juan Suquillo, the Imam of the Islamic Center in Ecuador at the Fourth Annual Conference of Latin American Muslim leaders in Curacao. Sponsored by I.S.E.S.C.O. (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) & O.L.P.A.D.I. (Organización Latinoamericana para la Difusión del Islam). FOREWORD Before the end of the second millennium CE, most scientists and thinkers in the western world have began to question their assumptions about the theory of evolution, faith in human reasoning, consumerism, scientific revolutions, secularism,

The Third Meeting of the Heads of Islamic Associations andCultural Centres in Latin America and the Caribbean Islands From ISESCO websitehttp://www.isesco.org.ma/ Rabat: 18/9/2003 / 212 Praising the efforts extended by ISESCO The Heads of Islamic Associations and Cultural Centres in Latin America Call for Redressing the Image of Islam in the Region. The Third Meeting of the Heads of Islamic Associations and Cultural Centres in Latin America and the Caribbean Islands held its closing session yesterday in Curaçao Island. The participants in the meeting, representing thirty-five cultural centres and Islamic associations, have called for proceeding with the energization of the