Somos Musulmanes

In the misty mountains of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, sheltered in makeshift homes, lives a small Muslim community of Tzotzils, an Indigenous people descended from the Maya. Where did they come from?

During the Zapatista uprising, a movement seeking emancipation for Indigenous peoples, a group of Sufi Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula travelled to Chiapas with the belief that Islam could strengthen the movement's revolutionary spirit. Subcomandante Marcos did not embrace the idea, but during their exchanges a Tzotzil family leader converted to Islam, changing the destiny of his entire clan…