Video Infoblog with Transcript: Christians Are Shocked, Thousands Of Argentines Queue To Convert To Islam
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she has taken that ceremonial bath to
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prepare her to UT
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theill muham
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[Laughter]
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hello Muslim Friends of the
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world the Western world's interest in
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Islam seems increasingly Unstoppable
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as seen in
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Argentina they are willing to cue to get
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real information about this
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religion this scene was seen at the king
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fod mosque Argentina
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recently there are so many people
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curious about Islam that the number of
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visitors has to be regulated in such a
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way after investigating apparently the
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mosque management was holding several
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agendas about Islam starting from sh in
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documentary films about Islam which
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attracted quite a lot of interest from
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visitors thus several groups were forced
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to queue to enter the area inside the
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mosque many of them were curious and
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wanted to see firstand the prayer
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activities carried out by
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Muslims the activity was continued with
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a short study of Islamic teachings which
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closed with a question and answer
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session suddenly the AR argentinians
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immediately seized this
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opportunity the mosque administrator
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initially explained the pillars of Islam
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and the pillars of
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faith then it was also explained that
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Jesus was a prophet who had a special
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position in Islam including that his
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mother was believed to be a holy
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woman on that occasion one of the
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Argentinian women asked the mosque
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administrator whether Islam also has a
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head leader like the church
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no we only have Allah and the prophet
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Muhammad all Muslims are the same said a
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Sheik who attended the
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activity he then explained that the
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Sheik is a guiding teacher in
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Islam he is the same as a
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teacher shiks in Islam are the same as
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other normal people They can marry they
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can have
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families it's not like in Catholicism
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where priests or nuns are not allowed to
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marry he
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said we have
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families all the prophets married and
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had
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families the prophets and apostles were
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the best people in the
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world we follow their
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guidance there are no holy people in
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Islam he
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continued another question that is also
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asked by Argentinian citizens is why do
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you have to take off your shoes when
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entering a mosque
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because this carpet is a place for
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worship it must be
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clean we bowed down here explained the
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Sheik he also emphasized that Worship in
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Islam is very easy and
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simple prayers can be done anywhere not
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only at the mosque but also at home on
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the street or other
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places as is known quite a lot of
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countries with non-muslim populations
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are quite Cur ious about
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Islam so it is not surprising that the
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mosques there are open to the public and
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are almost always busy with
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non-muslims on average they want to see
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Muslim worship directly and many of them
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are even interested in embracing
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Islam generally they are interested in
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converting to Islam because they feel
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peace and Tranquility within themselves
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after seeing and hearing direct
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explanations of the true teachings of
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Islam
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on the other hand quite a few
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non-muslims admitted that they were
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initially afraid to learn about Islam
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because of the negative stigma spread by
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the Western
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World the propaganda that is most often
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raised is that the Islamic religion is
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synonymous with
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terrorism however because of their High
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curiosity they finally had the courage
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to attend the mosque and finally got the
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correct information about Islamic
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teachings
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Argentina is one of the Southern
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countries of South America and the
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country with the second largest area
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after
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Brazil this country has quite a lot of
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population growth namely
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0.93% so that in 20122 the population
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will reach 46 million
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people quoted from fesan of the total
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population the community is divided into
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several religious groups namely
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Christians Protestants evangelicals
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Roman Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses
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and Mormons as much as
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79.6% no religion
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18.9% atheists 6% agnostics
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3.2% and Islam
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1.2% of the several percentages of
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adherence of these religions the largest
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percentage is Christianity and the
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lowest is
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Islam the presence of Islam as a
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minority country in in Argentina has
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always been associated with the Spanish
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conquest and also exploration from
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America the presence of Islam in
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Argentina can be attributed to the
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Spanish conquest and also the
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exploration of
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America the first Muslim settlers were
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called the Moors in the 15th century who
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explored America at the same time as
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Spanish
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explorers mors refers to Muslims of
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North African and Spanish descent who
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were for fored to convert to
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Christianity after the practice of prz
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Islam was
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banned to escape persecution many fled
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and settled in this South American
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state after moving the Moors first
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established a mosque in the80s namely
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the at tahad mosque which was open to
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the Shia community in 1983 and received
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support from the Iranian
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Embassy the second mosque building is
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the al- Raman mosque which was built in
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1985 for the Sunni community and is the
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second mosque building for the Muslim
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Community apart from these two mosques
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there is the king fod mosque which was
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built in 1996 and was funded by the king
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of Saudi Arabia and is the largest
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mosque in
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America quoted from amalaya Kong the
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Muslim Community in South America has
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experienced a decline in recent years
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due to internal factors within the
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community
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Islamic traditional habits and practices
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have begun to
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disappear this is because the previous
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generation has died and has not passed
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on Islamic knowledge to the next
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generation apart from that many Muslim
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descendants only speak Spanish which
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leads to the second problem namely that
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there are not enough Muslim experts or
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clerics who are fluent in
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Spanish due to this most of the younger
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generation do not know Arabic so the
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knowledge of the younger generation of
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Muslims in Argentina is slowly starting
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to fade
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