Wikipedia's first sentence called it “predominantly christian country with islam being a minority religion”. Today it says “not independently included in charts and graphics representing religions in brazil due to its very small size”.
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According to the official 2000 census , there were 27,239 Muslims in Brazil . Most of them live in the states of São Paulo and Paraná . A very large percentage of them are Lebanese who left their country during Lebanese Civil War . Some Newspaper estimates for Muslims in Brazil range from 56,000 Muslims to around 70,000. Several sources agree on 1 million as a nice, round figure and state that the official census contains discrepancies and error.1
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Mosque in Foz do Iguaçu .Islam in Brazil was first practiced by African slaves .The early Brazilian Muslims led the largest slave revolt in Brazil, which then had the largest slave population of the world.The next significant migration of Muslims was by Arabs from Syria and Lebanon .
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Mosque in Foz do Iguaçu . Islam in Brazil was first practiced by African slaves . The early Brazilian Muslims led the largest slave revolt in Brazil and Latin America, which then had the largest slave population of the world. The next significant migration of Muslims was by Arabs from Syria and Lebanon . The number of Muslims in Brazil, according to the 2010 Brazilian census, was of 35,207.
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Mosque in Foz do Iguaçu . Islam is a minority religion in Brazil , first brought by African slaves and then by Lebanese and Syrian immigrants.It is not independently included in charts and graphics representing religions in Brazil, being grouped in "other religions", which generally represent about 1% of the country's population. The number of Muslims in Brazil, according to the 2010 Brazilian census, was 35,207. Muslim associations in Brazil, however, gave higher numbers of adherents: from 400,000 to 500,000.These estimates encompass a range of 0.02-0.35% of the Brazilian population.
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Mosque in Foz do Iguaçu Overview of the role of the Islam in Brazil Brazil is a predominantly Christian country with Islam being a minority religion, first brought by African slaves and then by Lebanese and Syrian immigrants.Due to the secular nature of Brazil's constitution , Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country.However, Islam isn't independently included in charts and graphics representing religions in Brazil due to its very small size, being grouped in "other religions", which generally represent about 1% of the country's population.The number of Muslims in Brazil, according to the 2010 census , was 35,207 out of a population of approximately 191 million people.This corresponds to 0.018% of the Brazilian population.
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Mosque in Foz do Iguaçu Brazil is a predominantly Christian country with Islam being a minority religion, first brought by African slaves and then by Lebanese and Syrian immigrants. Due to the secular nature of Brazil's constitution , Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. However, Islam is not independently included in charts and graphics representing religions in Brazil due to its very small size, being grouped in "other religions", which generally represent about 1% of the country's population. The number of Muslims in Brazil, according to the 2010 census , was 35,207 out of a population of approximately 191 million people. This corresponds to 0.018% of the Brazilian population. Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Volume 2 ."Migrações entre Religiões "O novo retrato da fé no Brasil" - Confira... - Inforgospel" . 2014-02-03.
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predominantly christian country with islam being a minority religion
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not independently included in charts and graphics representing religions in brazil due to its very small size
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