Inkarri Islam
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| Centro Islámico en el Perú | |
 | |
| Formation | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Edwar Quiroga Vargas |
| Purpose | Promoting Islam in Peru from Andean cosmology |
| Headquarters |  Peru |
Inkarri Islam, officially the Islamic Center in Peru (Spanish: Centro Islámico en el Perú), is a nonprofit organization located in the Department of Apurímac. It works to unify Andean culture with Islam.[1]
The organization was founded by Edwar Quiroga Vargas in 2012,[2] as an Andean Indigenous rights organizations. Vargas is a Shia convert, and a self-described Ethnocacerist.[3] The organization was accused of inciting social protests in the High Andean Region of Peru. The organization participated in protests in 2019 against the Las Bambas copper mine.[4] Regarding the Tia Maria mine, the organization released a statement on 6 August 2021, stating:[3]
When Toledo was president, the Jews imposed power on PPK. He negotiated with Xstrata Cooper to sell Las Bambas, and then they resold it... Here we call for the civic-military unity to defend the homeland, this great unity of Peru and the Tahuantinsuyo... It's time for the military and civilians of the organized people to unite.
In the 2021 Peruvian general election, Inkarri Islam endorsed Pedro Castillo.[5]
Religious synthesis
Dardo Lopez-Dolz, former vice minister of the Ministry of the Interior, suggested that the Twelver Shia belief of the Reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi mirrors the myth of the Inkarri.[6]