Islamic Organization of Latin America

{{Short description|Islamic organization based in Buenos Aires, Argentina}}

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| name = Islamic Organization of Latin America and the Caribbean

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| native_name = Organización Islámica Para América Latina y el Caribe

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| abbreviation = OIPALC, IOLA, OIPAL

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| headquarters = Buenos Aires, Argentina

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| website = http://www.islamerica.org.ar

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| formerly = Islamic Organization of Latin America (IOLA), Organización Islámica Para América Latina (OIPAL)

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The Islamic Organization of Latin America and the Caribbean (OIPALC {{langx|es|Organización Islámica Para América Latina y el Caribe}}, previously known as the Islamic Organization of Latin America (IOLA/OIPAL)), headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is considered the most active organization in promoting the affairs of Latin American Muslims and Caribbean Muslims in the region.{{Cite web |last=Group |first=The LADO |date=2010-07-08 |title=Who are Latino Muslims? |url=https://latinodawah.org/who-are-latino-muslims/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=The LADO Group |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Muslim Communities in non-Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation |url=https://www.oic-oci.org/upload/media/books/minority_book_en.pdf |website=oic-oci.org |publisher=Organisation of Islamic Cooperation}}

OIPALC, headquartered in Buenos Aires, owes its prominence partially to The King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center, one of the largest mosques in all of Latin America {{As of|2005|lc=y}}.{{Cite report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13875.9 |title=Islamic Fundamentalism in Latin America and the Caribbean |last=Connell |first=Curtis C. |date=2005 |publisher=Air University Press |pages=19–29}} OIPALC holds events to promote the unification of Muslims living in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the general propagation of Islam throughout the Americas.{{Cite journal |last=Connell |first=Curtis C. |date=March 2005 |title=Understanding Islam and Its Impact on Latin America |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-D301-PURL-LPS110366/pdf/GOVPUB-D301-PURL-LPS110366.pdf |journal=The Cadre Papers |volume=21}}

The organization has been active since 1992.{{Cite web |title=Los musulmanes de América Latina {{!}} TRT Español |url=https://www.trt.net.tr/espanol/programas/2018/04/30/los-musulmanes-de-america-latina-961410 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.trt.net.tr |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |title=Organización Islámica para América latina y el caribe |url=http://www.islamerica.org.ar/oficina/oficina.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=www.islamerica.org.ar}} In 2003, OIPALC sponsored 13 Muslim youths from multiple countries (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Curacao, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Ecuador) to Hajj. At a meeting, on July 19, 2005, the heads of the Islamic cultural centers assigned the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) to prepare comprehensive studies and reports on the Islamic cultural work in Latin America as well as recommend practical proposals and field projects. The head of then-IOLA, Muhammad Yousef Hajer, was assigned to prepare a directory for the Muslim cadres in the region in coordination with the heads of the Islamic cultural centers and the Islamic societies in Latin America.Alsharq al Aswat, Latin American Islamic centers call for Cultural dialogue, 19 July 2005