SAUDIS FINANCING ISLAMIC BOOM IN SOUTH AMERICA

SCOTSMAN: Muslim numbers soar in Latin America's Islamic resurgence

"ALLAH Akbar" blares from the loudspeakers as hundreds of Muslims file into the mosque for prayers. Outside, halal meat stores line the street as in Damascus, Cairo or Baghdad, but this is the working-class neighbourhood of Bras in Sao Paulo, Brazil – the heart of Islam's Latin American rebirth.

Brazil is experiencing an Islamic boom, with reliable estimates indicating that the Muslim population has increased from a few hundred thousand to 1.5 million this decade alone, out of a total population of 190 million. This is clear as mosques emerge throughout the country, some financed by Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.

THE SAUDIS ARE DOING IN SOUTH AMERICA WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN EUROPE AND AND THE USA: TRYING TO COLONIZE.

THIS SHOULD BE STOPPED.

UNLESS AND UNTIL SAUDIS ALLOW ALL FAITHS TO PRACTIOCE FREELY IN ARABIA, THEY SHOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM INVESTING IN OR BUILDING MOSQUES OR MADRASSAS OVERSEAS.