Brazil’s Tourism Minister Wears Hijab, Visits Quran Exhibition
Carneiro, who was wearing Hijab during the visit, described the expo as an event that helps to bring religions closer together.
She underlined making it a permanent exhibition, Saudi Ajil website reported.
The Mus’haf Sharif Exhibition has been organized at a mosque in Foz do Iguaçu, a city in the state of Parana near the borders with Argentina and Paraguay.
The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has mounted the expo in cooperation with the Latin America Islamic Propagation Center.
The mayor of Foz do Iguaçu and a number of other officials accompanied the tourism minister during the visit.
In addition to copies of the Holy Quran, the exhibition has displayed the activities of the Quran printing complex in Medina as well as Quranic data-x-items and apps.
Brazil is a big country in South America. Islam is practiced by over 200,000 Brazilians—making it the largest Muslim community in Latin America.
Most of the country’s Muslims are Arab in origin, with smaller but growing numbers of Brazilian converts.
The Brazilian Muslim community includes both Sunni and Shia Muslims.
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