The Islamic Da'wah Center of Latin America was founded in 1968, and has since become active in spreading Da'wah in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

The head of the center, Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali Al-Swayfiy, said in an interview that the center has done quite a lot since it was set up, and has prepared educational programs for the youth as well as translated a number of Islamic books into the Portuguese language, plus the publication of a regular newsletter known as the "New Dawn" and a newspaper known as "Makkah al Mukarramah." The center has also been organizing an annual conference for Latin American Muslims, in addition to the numerous seminars and lectures it has organized for the purpose of introducing Islam and its principles and practices.

Sheikh Al-Swaifiy went on to say that the center pays particular attention to the new reverts to Islam, for whom it prepares special programs for their familiarization with Islam, and takes special care for their welfare and wellbeing.

He said the Muslims in Latin America are a minority living within a huge majority of non-Muslims, and they need Islamic schools and enlightenment programs that would make them feel proud of their Islamic identity, which is threatened with absorption in a sea of non-Islamic elements.

Sheikh Swaifiy appealed to Muslim countries and organizations to look at their Latin American brethren with a kind eye, and help them in every way possible, because they do feel that the rest of the Muslim world has forgotten them.