Latino Muslims

Maybe I was just close-minded before, but I thought that for the most part latinos were either Catholic, Christian, or none of the above. According to the Houston Chronicle though, there is a growing number of Latino Muslims in the city, and this article is about the onslaught of recent converts. "You can be Mexican and be a Muslim and be happy. You don't have to be torn between two things" says one convert, who claims that her strict Catholic upbringing actually prepared her for Islam, largely because of the similar origins between the two faiths. Latino converts wearing traditional Muslim headdress are often assumed to be from the Middle East because of the physical similarities between these races (their brown skin, I suppose). Another interesting anecdote was from the same woman above who shared that she often overhears people talking about her in Spanish because they don't realize that she too is Latina. Pretty original stuff!