Prayer times in Peru

Peru has a small Muslim community estimated at less than 0.1 percent of the population, numbering approximately 5,000 to 10,000 adherents. The community is concentrated in Lima and is composed of Levantine Arab descendants (Lebanese, Palestinian, and Syrian) who migrated in the early twentieth century, more recent Pakistani and Iranian residents, a notable native Peruvian convert population, and a small but visible community of indigenous Andean and Amazonian converts. The Asociación Islámica del Perú in Lima, founded in 1978, operates the country's first organized mosque, the Centro Cultural Islámico in the Magdalena del Mar district. A second mosque, Bab ul-Islam, operates in the Tacna region. There is no state Islamic authority, and the community is too small to support a formal Islamic school within Peru. eSalah uses the Muslim World League default for Peru, consistent with broader Latin American regional practice. The community maintains ongoing links with Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, and Ecuadorian Muslim networks for religious education, halal certification, Eid coordination, and major life-cycle events.