Halal Restaurants and Supermarkets in Cuenca

Although I cannot say with surety, there is a near zero likelihood that anything Muslim is to be found in Ecuador. At all.

You seem to be on an expat fishing expedition without any real interest in Ecuador.

If you wish to find things commensurate with Muslim culture, you might better look into living in Muslim countries.

Here is a list of top 50 Muslim countries on which you could focus your attention:

Mauritania
   
99.9%
   
3,083,772
Maldives
   
99.9%
   
348,756
Western Sahara
   
99.8%
   
272,461
Somalia
   
99.5%
   
8,548,670
Turkey
   
99%
   
68,963,953
Iran
   
99%
   
67,337,681
Algeria
   
99%
   
32,206,534
Afghanistan
   
99%
   
29,629,697
Yemen
   
99%
   
20,519,792
Tunisia
   
99%
   
9,974,201
Oman
   
99%
   
2,971,567
Comoros
   
99%
   
664,534
Djibouti
   
99%
   
471,935
Morocco
   
98.7%
   
32,300,410
Iraq
   
97%
   
25,292,658


Libya
   
97%
   
5,592,596
Pakistan
   
96.35%
   
156,491,617
Saudi Arabia
   
95.7%
   
25,281,642
Tajikistan
   
95%
   
6,805,330
Jordan
   
95%
   
5,471,745
Qatar
   
95%
   
819,898
Senegal
   
94%
   
10,459,222
Azerbaijan
   
93.4%
   
7,389,783
Egypt
   
91%
   
70,530,237
Mali
   
90%
   
11,062,376
Niger
   
90%
   
10,499,343
Gambia
   
90%
   
1,433,930
Uzbekistan
   
89%
   
23,897,563
Turkmenistan
   
89%
   
4,407,352
Indonesia
   
88.22%
   
213,469,356
Bangladesh
   
88%
   
127,001,272
Syria
   
88%
   
16,234,901
Guinea
   
85%
   
8,047,686
Kuwait
   
85%
   
1,985,300
Bahrain
   
85%
   
585,093
Palestine
   
84%
   
3,159,999
Kyrgyzstan
   
80%
   
4,117,024
United Arab Emirates
   
76%
   
1,948,041
Lebanon
   
70%
   
2,678,212
Albania
   
70%
   
2,494,178
Brunei
   
67%
   
249,481
Sudan
   
65%
   
26,121,865
Malaysia
   
60.4%
   
14,467,694
Sierra Leone
   
60%
   
3,610,585
Burkina Faso
   
55%
   
7,658,922
Chad
   
54%
   
5,306,266
Nigeria
   
50%
   
64,385,994
Eritrea
   
50%
   
2,280,799
Ethiopia
   
47.5%
   
34,700,310
Kazakhstan
   
47%
   
7,137,346

Just  some basic info correction .

LEBANON not a Muslim Country ...
LEBANON is the only country in the middle east that is have Civil Law and don't follow religions law like other Middle east countries.( only in marriage each religion have her own rules )
Our laws mix  from France , Uk  , if i am right...but shire not from religions book.
He have 18 religions  .  the President is Christian Catholics (Maronite ).., etc...
In Lebanon , u can drink , dress Whatever , whenever you want , in Lebanon have the best medical and educational system in the middle east ,  Lebanon nick name is  the Oriental Swiss..     we have the biggest and best  night life in the region .
Lebanon have a Civilization  of 3000 Years.

Hope those info's relight some missing informations of Lebanon and Lebanese people.
for more info u can google it ..

This article in Wikipedia says that there are 350 Muslims in Ecuador:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Ecuador

I recall seeing a building (a storefront) in Quito that had signage indicating it was a mosque. I doubt 350 people could keep a halal store in business, but you might check with the mosque, or an embassy from a Muslim country, to see where they recommend you shop.

Thankyou

Hello DXBDINO28,

I must agree completely with gardner1. You're going to have an almost ZERO chance of finding halal meats and products or meeting other Muslims in Ecuador. Gosh here in Brazil, South America's largest country and the one with the greatest population of citizens from Islamic nations finding halal products and finding mosques and meeting up with other Muslims is extremely difficult. You can imagine just how much more difficult that it's going to be in Ecuador. I don't know if it's going to be of any help to you because I don't know if Ecuador imports any meat products from Brazil however the following link shows the Brazilian national brands that are halal certified, available in most supermarkets here, so there is a small chance that you might even be able to find them in Ecuador too:

http://www.cibalhalal.com.br/Frigorificos/AbateHalal

Click on Frigoríficos de Aves for poultry brands; and on Frigoríficos de Bovinos for beef brands that are halal certified. If Ecuador imports any of these brands from Brazil then they are what you are looking for.

Cheers,
William James Woodward, EB Experts Team

Thankyou William

I will keep an eye out for these brands

Hello Brother,


    While there are a small number of Muslims in Cuenca (way more in Quito, the Capital of Ecuador), there are not any Halal markets here.  You can always of course buy fish, which is Halal.  The ocean is 4 hours away and there are fish to be found in the open air markets.

     On the internet there is only one mosque mentioned but when I ask our Pakistani brothers (who run very nice shawarma restaraunts here!) they tell me that there are 2 mosques here, both are Sunnah.
     I have not yet found a Shia mosque here.

     But there are Muslims from many countries, not just Pakistan. I have met a man from Iran and also there are a huge number of Turkish people here.  The Spaniards had Turkish slaves that then were freed (due to low reserves of food) opted to stay here in Ecuador due to the war on in Turkey (and also not wanting to starve to death on the boats back) at the time (fall of the Ottoman Empire at that time?)  I don't know but it was about 500 years ago so there are a lot of Turks here.

     So while you will possibly feel at home here, (more so than in the USA right now! ), the number of those who attend Jummah pray on Fridays might be pretty low.

     As a Muslim sister, alhamdullilah, I do not need to attend pray outside my home and so I have not yet gone.

     Blessings to you no matter what you decide to do if you come here or not. 

  Aleeyna Zaineb