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We visit the Islamic Center of Greater Miami to look at the rising number of Latino Muslims in the US\u2014as many as 250,000, according to estimates. Some of the converts say that in Islam they have found theological simplicity and \u201cno intermediaries with God.\u201d The Islamic Circle of North America reports that more than half of US Latino converts are women. \u201cI just felt that the minute I put my head down to the ground, \u201c says Nadia Echevrria, \u201cI was really talking to God.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI just felt that the minute I put my head down to the ground I was really talking to God,\u201d says Nadia Echevrria. More than half of all Latino converts to Islam are women. 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