Kamfanin dillancin labaran iqna ya habarta cewa, jamhuriyar Argentina ita ce kasa ta biyu mafi girma a yankin Latin Amurka mai fadin murabba'in kilomita 2,780. A halin yanzu yawanta ya kai kimanin mutane miliyan 48, wadanda akasarinsu Kiristoci ne kuma mabiya addinin Katolika. Harshen hukuma na wannan ƙasa shine Mutanen Espanya. Tun lokacin da aka gano wannan ƙasa a shekara ta 1516 miladiyya, Mutanen Espanya suka mamaye ta kuma suka sanya mata suna Argentina, wanda a cikin Mutanen Espanya yana nufin ƙasar azurfa. Mutanen Espanya sun gina birnin Buenos Aires, babban birnin wannan ƙasa a halin yanzu, kuma wannan ƙasa tana ƙarƙashin mamayar Mutanen Espanya har zuwa 1816.
Kasar Argentina ce ke da mafi yawan Musulmai marasa rinjaye a yankin Latin Amurka. A cewar "Association of Religious Data Archives", al'ummar musulmi sun ƙunshi kusan kashi 1.9% na adadin mutane miliyan 46. A yau, adadin musulmin kasar Argentina ya kai kusan 700,000. Duk wanda ya je kasar nan a karon farko zai ga kungiyoyin Larabawa na Musulunci da dama da cibiyoyi da makarantu da masallatai. A yau masallatai 8 da wuraren sallah 6 ne ke aiki a kasar nan.
Tarihin zuwan musulmi kasar Argentina
Yana da wahala a iya tantance takamaiman ranar da Musulunci ya fara wanzuwa a Argentina ko nahiyar Amurka, amma hujjoji da alamu na tarihi sun nuna irin tafiyar da ma’aikatan ruwa musulmi suka yi a karni mai nisa. Har ila yau, wasu bincike sun nuna cewa kasancewar musulmi a kasar Argentina ya fara ne da zuwan kungiyoyin bayi na Afirka da wasu musulmin kasar Spain da 'yan kasuwar bayi da Turawa suka yi garkuwa da su domin sayar da su a kasuwannin bayi a Arewacin Amurka da Kudancin Amurka.
Musulman farko da suka yi hijira su ne Moriscos a karni na 15, wadanda suka je wannan yanki tare da masu bincike na Spain don gano Amurka. Moriscos Musulmai ne ‘yan asalin Arewacin Afirka da kuma Sipaniya wadanda aka tilasta musu shiga addinin Kirista bayan da aka haramta musulunta a Spain. Yawancinsu sun gudu sun zauna a Argentina don guje wa tsanantawa.
Carlos Menem, shugaban kasar Syria na Argentina
Shahararren musulmin nan na kasar Argentina, Carlos Menem, shi ne tsohon shugaban kasar, wanda aka haife shi a shekara ta 1930 a wani dangin musulmi ‘yan asalin kasar Syria a kasar Argentina. Shi, wanda asalin sunan iyalinsa Menem, ya kafa jam’iyyar siyasa kuma ya canja addininsa kuma ya zama Kirista don ya zama shugaban ƙasar Argentina.
Cibiyoyin Musulunci na Argentina
A lokacin shugabancinsa, Manem ya ba da fili mai fadin sama da murabba'in mita 5,000 ga al'ummar Musulmi a Buenos Aires, inda Masallacin Fahd da Cibiyar Al'adun Musulunci, wanda ake ganin shi ne cibiyar Musulunci mafi girma a Latin Amurka da kuma Kasashen Caribbean, an gina su.
An gina masallatai biyu na farko a kasar a cikin shekarun 80s. Da farko, an bude Masallacin Al-Tauhidi a shekarar 1983 tare da goyon bayan ofishin jakadancin Iran na al'ummar Shi'a na Buenos Aires. An gina Masallacin Al Ahmad ne a shekarar 1985 domin al'ummar Sunna kuma shi ne gini na farko a kasar da ke da gine-ginen addinin Musulunci. Cibiyar Al'adun Musulunci ta Sarki Fahd (wanda Sarkin Saudiyya na lokacin Sarki Fahd ya dauki nauyinsa) an gina shi ne a shekarar 1996, kuma shi ne masallaci mafi girma a Kudancin Amurka, wanda ya hada da masallaci na hakika, dakin karatu, makarantu biyu da wurin shakatawa.
Kungiyar Islamic Organisation of Latin America (IOLA) mai hedikwata a kasar Argentina ita ce kungiya mafi himma a yankin Latin Amurka wajen inganta yunkurin Musulunci.