{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.islam-in-paraguay","code":"thing-q7228253","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q7228253/","name":"Islam in Paraguay","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Society, people and institutions","entryKind":"thing","plane":"SOC","domain":["SOC.ORG"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Islam in Paraguay denotes the presence, history, beliefs, practices and communal institutions of Muslims in Paraguay, rather than a single organisation or legal entity.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise, assess and responsibly engage with Muslim religious life in Paraguay while distinguishing documented communities, institutions and practices from uncertain population estimates or assumptions.","scope":{"in":["Muslim self-identification, community affiliation and religious diversity within Paraguay","Historical formation, migration, conversion and intergenerational continuity","Geographic distribution and the evidence supporting population estimates","Congregations, Islamic associations, worship facilities and religious services","Locally documented religious practices and participation conditions","Relationships with Paraguayan public institutions, other religious communities and cross-border networks"],"out":["Islamic theology and jurisprudence as worldwide systems","The complete history of Arab or other immigrant populations in Paraguay","Islam in neighbouring countries except for relationships affecting religious life in Paraguay","Detailed legal, financial and employment records owned by individual organisations","Buildings as architectural or property assets","Private religious profiles of identifiable individuals"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The subject concerns Muslim religious life connected to Paraguay, rather than every Paraguayan interaction with a Muslim-majority country.","Arab ancestry, nationality, language or surname alone does not establish Muslim religious affiliation.","A congregation or association can participate in this religious field without representing all Muslims in Paraguay.","Resident communities are distinguished from visiting worshippers and cross-border service users.","Locally evidenced practice is distinguished from practices inferred solely from general descriptions of Islam."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"religious-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Religious identity and boundaries","description":"Defines what counts as evidence of Islam's presence in Paraguay and how local diversity is represented.","layers":[{"id":"affiliation-evidence","name":"Affiliation evidence","description":"Separates religious identification from ancestry, citizenship and external labelling.","findings":[{"id":"muslim-identification-criteria","name":"Muslim identification criteria","description":"Record how each source identifies Muslims in Paraguay and whether its criteria support the intended use.","questions":[{"text":"Does the source identify Muslims through self-description, household reporting, association membership or an external assumption?","id":"muslim-identification-criteria-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which people would be incorrectly included or excluded if Arab ancestry or foreign nationality were used as the boundary?","id":"muslim-identification-criteria-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"local-religious-diversity","name":"Local religious diversity","description":"Captures locally expressed affiliations and the limits of collective representation.","findings":[{"id":"traditions-and-constituencies","name":"Traditions and constituencies","description":"Record communities' own religious descriptions and the constituencies for which institutions can speak.","questions":[{"text":"Which religious traditions or affiliations do Muslim communities in Paraguay publicly use to describe themselves?","id":"traditions-and-constituencies-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence establishes whether a Paraguayan Islamic association represents its members, several congregations or a broader constituency?","id":"traditions-and-constituencies-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"population-place-and-continuity","name":"Population, place and continuity","description":"Organises evidence about community size, settlement and historical change within Paraguay.","layers":[{"id":"population-and-distribution","name":"Population and distribution","description":"Connects population claims to their methods, dates and geographic coverage.","findings":[{"id":"comparable-population-estimates","name":"Comparable population estimates","description":"Retain estimates separately until their affiliation criteria, residence rules and geographic coverage are comparable.","questions":[{"text":"What dated evidence estimates Muslim residents nationally and in particular Paraguayan localities?","id":"comparable-population-estimates-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Do the estimates count residents, association members, worship attendees or cross-border visitors, and can those categories be separated?","id":"comparable-population-estimates-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"historical-formation","name":"Historical formation","description":"Tracks evidenced migration, conversion and generational developments without assuming a single origin story.","findings":[{"id":"community-formation-and-transmission","name":"Community formation and transmission","description":"Record supported accounts of how Muslim communities formed and sustained religious life in Paraguay.","questions":[{"text":"Which records or attributed oral histories establish the timing of settlement, congregation formation and local conversion?","id":"community-formation-and-transmission-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence describes how religious knowledge and participation pass between generations in Paraguay?","id":"community-formation-and-transmission-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"institutions-and-community-capacity","name":"Institutions and community capacity","description":"Connects Muslim collective life in Paraguay to identifiable organisations, facilities and service responsibilities.","layers":[{"id":"organisations-and-premises","name":"Organisations and premises","description":"Identifies congregations, associations and worship locations as related but distinct entities.","findings":[{"id":"verified-institutional-presence","name":"Verified institutional presence","description":"Record each institution's identity, locality, current activity and relationship to the premises it uses.","questions":[{"text":"Which mosques, prayer spaces and Islamic associations in Paraguay have a verifiable current identity and location?","id":"verified-institutional-presence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does each listing refer to a congregation, a registered association, a building or several of these linked together?","id":"verified-institutional-presence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"authority-and-service-responsibility","name":"Authority and service responsibility","description":"Establishes who maintains activities and who can authorise access or speak for an institution.","findings":[{"id":"local-mandates-and-continuity","name":"Local mandates and continuity","description":"Record documented leadership responsibilities, public contact routes and dependencies affecting continued service.","questions":[{"text":"Who is authorised to confirm services, arrange visits or represent each institution, and how is that role verified?","id":"local-mandates-and-continuity-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which activities depend on visiting clergy, volunteers, shared facilities or external support?","id":"local-mandates-and-continuity-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"religious-practice-and-access","name":"Religious practice and access","description":"Records how Muslim religious needs are met under local conditions in Paraguay.","layers":[{"id":"worship-and-learning","name":"Worship and learning","description":"Captures verified arrangements for communal worship, religious occasions and education.","findings":[{"id":"participation-arrangements","name":"Participation arrangements","description":"Record actual schedules, languages and participation conditions for locally offered activities.","questions":[{"text":"Which regular prayers, Ramadan activities, festival gatherings and educational programmes are currently offered, and where?","id":"participation-arrangements-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What languages, visitor arrangements and provisions for women, children and new Muslims should an agent confirm before directing someone to participate?","id":"participation-arrangements-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"dietary-and-lifecycle-services","name":"Dietary and lifecycle services","description":"Examines access to halal food and religious support for major life events.","findings":[{"id":"service-availability-and-recognition","name":"Service availability and recognition","description":"Distinguish advertised services from verified provision and community acceptance.","questions":[{"text":"What locally verifiable arrangements exist for halal food, religious marriage services and Muslim burial, and who provides them?","id":"service-availability-and-recognition-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which needs require travel or outside assistance, and whose religious recognition of a service must be checked?","id":"service-availability-and-recognition-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"paraguayan-and-cross-border-relations","name":"Paraguayan and cross-border relations","description":"Locates Muslim community life within Paraguayan civic relationships and documented regional connections.","layers":[{"id":"civic-participation-and-accommodation","name":"Civic 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community.","findings":[{"id":"cross-border-links-and-counting","name":"Cross-border links and counting","description":"Record religious connections with Brazil, Argentina or other countries only where evidence establishes their relevance to Paraguay.","questions":[{"text":"Which documented connections supply clergy, education, worship access, funding or religious goods to communities within Paraguay?","id":"cross-border-links-and-counting-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"When a source describes the tri-border area, which people, institutions and activities are actually located in Paraguay?","id":"cross-border-links-and-counting-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Islam in Paraguay this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Islam in Paraguay this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Islam in Paraguay this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Islam in Paraguay this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Islam in Paraguay this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Islam in Paraguay this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Islam in Paraguay this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the Muslim community of Paraguay, including its Arab immigrant roots, from reliable sources.","Refer users to the community's mosques and associations for religious questions."],"mustNot":["Repeat unsupported claims linking Muslims in the border region to terrorism.","Profile individuals by religion or Middle Eastern origin.","Overstate or invent the community's size."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing allegations about named community members or institutions."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Suspicion of Muslims in the border region has led to stigma beyond any evidence.","Immigrant communities deserve fair representation."],"affectedParties":["Muslims in Paraguay","Arab-Paraguayan families","Traders in border cities"]},"owners":{"steward":"The Muslim community and its organizations; nobody owns a religion.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q17628506","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q19746303","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.islam-in-paraguay","Wikidata: Q7228253 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7228253)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Basis of religious identification: Self-identification; institution-reported affiliation; survey classification; external attribution; 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conscience and religion, United Nations General Assembly, 1948."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Islam in Paraguay is encountered in religious practice, community institutions, historical accounts and discussions of religious diversity within Paraguay.","This concept supports describing local Muslim life while distinguishing particular communities and institutions from the country's Muslim population as a whole."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q7228253: Islam in Paraguay","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7228253","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Islam in Paraguay","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Paraguay","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Which sources provide the most defensible current estimate of Muslim residents in Paraguay, and how do their counting methods differ?","Which institutions and worship locations are currently active, and what constituencies and religious affiliations do they document themselves?","What evidence establishes the chronology and relative roles of migration, local conversion and intergenerational transmission?","How accessible are religious services across localities, languages, genders and age groups, including outside established congregations?","Which reported regional relationships demonstrably involve Paraguay, and which belong solely to neighbouring countries?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q7228253/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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