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Islam in Argentina

A community that came from Syria and Lebanon

Muslim immigrants from Syria and Lebanon began arriving at the end of the nineteenth century and settled across the country, from the province of Buenos Aires to Tucumán, Mendoza and Córdoba. In Buenos Aires they founded their first religious association in 1931, the forerunner of today's Islamic Center, and the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Centre opened in Palermo in 2000.

Estimates of the community's size vary widely. The Islamic Center puts it at 800,000 to a million, while a 2019 CONICET survey put its 'other religions' group, which includes Islam and Judaism, at 1.2% of the population.

Prayer times

Prayer times in Argentina: what to choose

Argentina has no national prayer timetable: each mosque keeps its own. A good place to start is the Muslim World League method (Fajr 18°, Isha 17°), which Awwab has. Choose it once in Settings: Awwab starts on the Egyptian method and does not switch by country.

Then compare it with your mosque's adhan for a few days:

• Fajr: if your mosque calls it earlier, go back to Egyptian General Authority (19.5°), which puts Fajr about 6 to 12 minutes earlier, most in summer.
• Asr: choose your madhab in Settings. Hanafi puts Asr about 30 to 40 minutes later in June and over an hour later in December; every other choice gives the earlier time.
• Maghrib is calculated at sunset. Many mosques call it a few minutes later, so the lock can start a little before the adhan.
• Jumu'ah: on Fridays the app shows Jumu'ah in place of Dhuhr.

Late sun, far south

Dhuhr after one, and summer nights in Patagonia

Argentina keeps UTC−3 all year, although most of the country lies further west, so the sun runs late on the clock. Around 21 December, Dhuhr begins at about 12:52 in Buenos Aires and 13:34 in Mendoza, and Maghrib comes after 20:00, and after 22:00 in Ushuaia.

South of about 48.5°, in southern Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, the summer sky never gets dark enough for the usual Fajr and Isha angles in the weeks around the December solstice: in Ushuaia from about mid-November to late January, in Río Gallegos from late November to mid-January. On those nights Awwab uses the seventh of the night: Isha comes one seventh of the night after Maghrib, and Fajr one seventh of the night before sunrise. In Ushuaia around 21 December, that puts Isha at about 23:09 and Fajr at about 03:54; in Río Gallegos, at about 22:58 and 04:12. On every other night, Awwab shows the real dawn and nightfall for your method, however late or early they come. If your community follows another rule for these nights, follow it.

Ramadan and Eid

Fasting at the end of summer

Awwab reminds you of Ramadan, the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah, the Day of Arafah, both Eids, Ashura and the White Days. These dates follow the calculated Umm al-Qura calendar. For the start of Ramadan and the day of Eid, follow the announcement your community follows; it can differ from the app by a day.

Ramadan 1448 begins in February 2027, when the days are still long: on its first day, the fast runs from about 04:48 to 19:54 in Buenos Aires, and from about 03:10 to 21:22 in Ushuaia.

Under Law 27,399 (2017), the Islamic New Year, the day after the end of the fast (Eid al-Fitr) and Eid al-Adha are non-working days for Muslims, who keep their pay if they do not work those days.

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