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An inter-faith event organised by the city's government is promoting through music and dance,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEAD IN:As the holy month of Ramadan gets underway the large Muslim community in the Catholic hub of Buenos Aires is busy making preparations. An inter-faith event organised by the city's government is promoting through music and dance, a theme of harmony among all religions.STORY-LINE:Muslims prepare for the holy month of Ramadan in what seems to be the most unlikely of all backdrops: the Pope's birthplace.Known to be predominantly Catholic, Buenos Aires is in reality an inter-religious hub. It is home to both Muslim and Jewish communities in addition to Christian families. Islam reached Argentine soil with Spanish invaders in the 16th century. The Islamic community grew later on with immigration waves from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.Today, there are about one million Muslims across Argentina, according to the Pew Research Centre.Language is not a barrier. If only few Argentine Muslims speak Arabic, the language of the holy book, the Quran, Islamic centres bridge the linguistic gap thanks to Spanish translations.Argentine Muslims are well integrated into society, and women can choose to wear the headscarf or not.Nancy Falcon, the head of the Centre for Intercultural Dialogue in Buenos Aires, and her husband Augusto Kumvich, are both Muslim converts. Falcon, a native Argentine, chose not to cover her head in public because she feels that is not what makes her a good Muslim.\"I don't know if it's only in Argentina, in Buenos Aires or in the world that Muslims are associated with Arabs. It's somehow a stereotype: Muslims have to wear a headscarf. So when a Muslim doesn't have Arab origins or isn't from an Arab country, it's difficult for those who don't know to explain why this person is Muslim.\"Kumvich opted for what he calls a different \"intellectual path.\" He has a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. \"In my family, the most difficult was to reveal my religion to them, to tell them that although I follow a religion, although I follow norms - because the Islamic religion has a specific way of life with rules regarding food and fasting - I haven't become intolerant of other ways of life,\" he says. Despite the election of the first Latin American pope, Catholicism has declined in the region, including Argentina, in the face of the world's fastest-growing religion: Islam, according to the Pew Research Centre.An April 2015 study by the organisation found that Muslims are likely to surpass Christians as the largest religious group on the planet.As an example of the growing role of the Muslim community as well as its integration in Argentina, Falcon and Kumvich promote inter-faith dialogue through culture and especially music.Bringing together a band playing Hebrew and Yiddish prayers for peace, a Catholic artist and an Islamic orchestra is a means for Kumvich to display the conviviality between religious groups.As a leader in his community, he acts as the intermediary between Argentine Muslims and the government of Buenos Aires to ensure cohesion between all faiths.\"For me, it's important to bring different ways of thinking together - whether they're religious or not. I believe that looking for a common ground and respecting different ideas is key,\" he says. One of the musicians at the event, Gaston Gandolfi, practices Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam popularised by the whirling dervish. The young Argentine native says embracing tradition is a way to preserve the cultural fabric of society.\"I think that it's a very good idea so that (musicians from different religions)  get to know each other and their respective traditions. We live in an era where traditions are getting lost. Modernity is invading everything and is slowly destroying traditions.\"Gaston says that the professor who taught him to play the kanun, a popular instrument in the Arab world, is Jewish.This mixture of religious identities struck a chord with the audience.\"I've been to other countries and it's very difficult to bring different religions together to talk about their traditions. Here, I feel that people accept more others' religions, they're keener to work together and they're more open.\"Although Argentina guarantees freedom of religion, there has not been any religious census since 1970. The official stance is one of secularism - that religion is a private matter.Pedro Brieger, a journalist and a Middle East academic in Buenos Aires says he does not want to idealise the religious harmony in the country.Inter-faith diversity can be an asset to the society as well as a litmus test for integration, he explains. He compares Argentina to other countries that have long been held up as bastions of cultural heterogeneity.\"In Lebanon, up until today, political division has to do with a census done 80 years ago. A new census would reflect a different reality of the balance between the different communities. Here, Evangelical groups have grown a lot. A census on religion would help see that the Catholic Church isn't as strong numerically as it shows it is.\"Muslims throughout Argentina will be fasting and celebrating Ramadan with a number of events planned, such as an inter-religious iftar, the breaking of the daily fast, which will gather religious leaders of the main communities.AP TELEVISIONBuenos Aires, Argentina - 12 June 20151. Pan of two veiled Muslim women walking by King Fahd mosque and Islamic centre in upscale Palermo neighbourhood2. Pan of Muslim men praying in mosque and reading Koran at Friday noon prayer3. Focus pull from incense burning to men reading Koran in mosque4. Focus pull from man holding Islamic prayer beads to other man reading Koran5. Religious leader calling Muslims to prayer6. Wide of screen showing instant Spanish translation of imam's speech7. Mid of four Muslim women praying AP TELEVISIONBuenos Aires, Argentina - 11 June 20158. Pan of Nancy Falcon entering her kitchen and pouring tea into container9. Close of filled cups of tea decorated with Islamic calligraphy10. Mid of Nancy Falcon serving tea to mother-in-law and husband on living room's table11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Nancy Falcon, Executive Director, Centre for Intercultural Dialogue, Buenos Aires:\"I don't know if it's only in Argentina, in Buenos Aires or in the world that Muslims are associated with Arabs. It's somehow a stereotype: Muslims have to wear a veil. So when a Muslim doesn't have Arab origins or isn't from an Arab country, it's difficult for those who don't know to explain why this person is Muslim.\"12. Tilt up of cat stepping on Islamic prayer rug onto couple praying in son Ismael's room13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Augusto Kumvich, Islam Advisor, Buenos Aires government:\"In my family, the most difficult was to reveal my religion to them, to tell them that although I follow a religion, although I follow norms - because the Islamic religion has a specific way of life with rules regarding food and fasting - I haven't become intolerant of other ways of life.\"AP TELEVISIONBuenos Aires, Argentina - 10 June 201514. Wide of Islamic music band, Sufi Order Halveti Yerrahi, playing and singing religious songs in auditorium of Buenos Aires government15. Close of musician from Jewish Amijai community singing prayer to peace16. Tilt up of Jewish woman playing drum onto her face, singing17. Mid of people clapping18. Tracking of Augusto Kumvich walking in auditorium 19. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Augusto Kumvich, Islam Advisor, Buenos Aires government:\"For me, it's important to bring different ways of thinking together - whether they're religious or not. I believe that looking for a common ground and respecting different ideas is key.\"20. Tilt up of Dervish's dress as he whirls tilt to his head21. Mid of Muslim men singing religious song with members of Sufi Order Halveti Yerrahi playing music22. Tilt down of player Gaston Gandolfi, dressed with traditional Islamic robe and taqiyah (cap), onto kanun he plays23. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Gaston Gandolfi, Kanun player, Sufi Order Halveti Yerrahi, Buenos Aires:\"I think that it's a very good idea so that (musicians from different religions)  get to know each other and their respective traditions. We live in an era where traditions are getting lost. Modernity is invading everything and is slowly destroying traditions.\"24. Mid of Gaston Gandolfi with couple having their picture taken 25. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Delmy Ortiz, employee of the non-governmental organisation Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light, Buenos Aires:\"I've been to other countries and it's very difficult to bring different religions together to talk about their traditions. Here, I feel that people accept more others' religions, they're keener to work together and they're more open.\"26. Mid of music players from Catholic and Islamic bands greeting each otherAP TELEVISIONBuenos Aires, Argentina - 12 June 2015 27. Pan of Pedro Brieger walking in public TV studio and sitting28. Tilt down from Pedro Brieger's face to mobile phone29. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Pedro Brieger, Journalist and Professor of Sociology of the Middle East, Buenos Aires University:\"In Lebanon, up until today, political division has to do with a census done 80 years ago. A new census would reflect a different reality of the balance between the different communities. Here, Evangelical groups have grown a lot. A census on religion would help see that the Catholic Church isn't as strong numerically as it shows it is.\"AP TELEVISIONBuenos Aires, Argentina - 12 June 201530. Tilt down from high-rise buildings in Buenos Aires onto King Fahd mosque and Islamic centre31. 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