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Brazil, East Timor and Macao, also have particular historical experiences and differing present day Muslim populations.All cases differ significantly, but Muslims in lusophone spaces do share some similar socio-cultural point of comparison. In each case, Muslims are treated as representatives of a religious minority (except Guinea-Bissau); and in many cases Muslims represent ethnic backgrounds that differ from the dominant society. Furthermore, international migration reconfigures several lusophone fields, often leading to the increasing diversification. New transnational links have emerged among Muslims, often based on shared experiences in current national or local socio-historical contexts, on ethnicity or common language \u2013 which in many cases, is Portuguese.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1163\/17683084-01401004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,29]],"date-time":"2018-11-29T13:43:54Z","timestamp":1543499034000},"page":"91-101","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Islam in Portuguese-Speaking Areas"],"prefix":"10.4000","volume":"XIV(1)","author":[{"given":"Nina Clara","family":"Tiesler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]}],"member":"2399","reference":[{"key":"ref0","unstructured":"Allievi,\u00a0S.\u00a02006, \u201cHow and Why \u2018Immigrants' became \u2018Muslims'\u201d , ISIM Review (Leiden), 18, Automn : 2006: 37."},{"key":"ref1","unstructured":"Claussen,\u00a0D.\u00a02000, Aspekte der Alltagsreligion. 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