Bolivia
Although the traces of Islam in Bolivia extend back five centuries ago, there are no precise data on this subject. Muslims who came to this region from Andalusia established a presence there, and it is even stated that the Murseke tribe embraced Islam. However, hundreds of years of Spanish colonialism largely erased the traces of Islam in Bolivia.
Today, a small number of Muslims, not exceeding a few thousand, live in the country. Some of them are immigrants from countries such as Palestine, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, while others are Bolivians who converted to Islam later on. The second narrative of Islam in the country started with a few people migrating from Palestine in the 1920s, and in the following years, new Muslim immigrants to the country managed to form a unity and build a connection with Bolivian society. Since the 1980s, Muslims started to organize themselves in institutional structures and today they have several civil society organizations and a mosque. The country's Muslims continue their work through institutions such as the Bolivian Islamic Center, the Islamic Center of La Paz, the Bolivian Islamic Community Union, and the Bolivian Islamic Association. One of the most important demands of this community, which is open to development and growth, is the translation of major religious sources into Spanish and making them available to Bolivian Muslims so that they can learn about Islam from reliable sources.