Muslims in US

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Muslims in US

Muslims in the United States make up about 1.34% of the population, which is approximately 4.45 million people. Islam is the third-largest religion in the country, following Christianity and Judaism.The Muslim community in the US is highly diverse, with significant numbers of immigrants from various countries as well as native-born Americans. The first Muslims in America were enslaved Africans brought over during the transatlantic slave trade.Muslims are not evenly distributed across the country. Some states and metropolitan areas, like New Jersey and Washington, D.C., have higher concentrations of Muslims. The Muslim population in the US is growing rapidly.

IQNA – Federal investigators are probing an arson at the Gadsden Islamic Society mosque in the US state of Alabama and asking the public for tips.
News ID: 3499790   Publish Date : 2026/11/14

IQNA – Michigan's midterm results drew intense attention from Muslim households across the United States, reflecting a historic rise of Muslim leaders into top-tier government spaces.
News ID: 3499732   Publish Date : 2026/11/09

IQNA – Abdul El-Sayed, newly elected as the first Muslim US Senator, has registered Habibi PAC, a leadership political action committee, in the wake of his historic victory.
News ID: 3499709   Publish Date : 2026/11/08

IQNA – In the wake of the midterm elections, a Chicago mosque is opening its doors to the public, hoping to bridge religious and cultural divides by teaching visitors more about Islam.
News ID: 3499704   Publish Date : 2026/11/08

IQNA – Israel's genocide in Gaza, the war on Iran and rising Islamophobia drove American Muslims overwhelmingly toward the Democrats in the U.S. midterm elections.
News ID: 3499688   Publish Date : 2026/11/06

IQNA – At least seven Muslim candidates — one senator and six House members — won seats in Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, marking historic gains in both chambers.
News ID: 3499678   Publish Date : 2026/11/05

IQNA – No Muslim has ever held one of the US Senate's 100 seats. Abdul El-Sayed is on the cusp of changing that in Michigan.
News ID: 3499656   Publish Date : 2026/11/03

IQNA – The final stretch of the US midterm elections has been marked by rising Islamophobia, much of it directed at Muslim candidates such as Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed. In Texas, Muslim voters are focusing on what's at stake closer to home.
News ID: 3499649   Publish Date : 2026/11/03

IQNA – FBI data shows a pattern: anti-Muslim hate crimes in the US state of Minnesota climb during election years.
News ID: 3499646   Publish Date : 2026/11/03

IQNA – The senior imam of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City is criticizing a campaign ad released on behalf of Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei, saying it uses a photo of him and his mosque to attack Democrat Cyndi Munson with anti-Muslim rhetoric.
News ID: 3499630   Publish Date : 2026/11/02

IQNA – A Muslim Senate candidate who was born and raised in the US has been told by Donald Trump to "go back where he came from," drawing condemnation over the remark.
News ID: 3499621   Publish Date : 2026/11/01

IQNA – Muslim American candidates are running for congressional, state legislative and local offices across the country in the November 3 midterms, seeking a greater voice in US politics amid foreign policy debates.
News ID: 3499606   Publish Date : 2026/10/31

IQNA – In a direct appeal to Michigan voters, US President Donald Trump urged them not to support Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim candidate for the US Senate,
News ID: 3499551   Publish Date : 2026/10/26

IQNA – Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Chapman is right that Islamophobia has become "an essential part of the Republican brand" this campaign season in the US.
News ID: 3499548   Publish Date : 2026/10/26

IQNA – Police took a person of interest into custody in connection with a fire at an east Baltimore mosque, a development Sunday evening that marks a break in the investigation.
News ID: 3499543   Publish Date : 2026/10/26

IQNA – The Michigan Senate race was expected to turn on the economy, abortion, and the cost of living. Instead, allegations of terrorist ties and anti-Muslim attacks have become a recurring theme.
News ID: 3499531   Publish Date : 2026/10/25

IQNA – A verse in the Holy Quran holds that saving one life is equivalent to saving all of humanity. For one Minnesota man, that teaching became literal when he leapt onto a runaway school bus full of terrified children and brought it to a halt by hand.
News ID: 3499529   Publish Date : 2026/10/25

IQNA – Former US president Bill Clinton condemned anti-Muslim rhetoric and quoted the Quran while expressing dismay at the continued mistreatment of Muslims.
News ID: 3499499   Publish Date : 2026/10/22

IQNA – Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democrat running for Senate, rebuked US President Donald Trump's repeated "radical extremist" remarks about him, using the attacks to defend his Muslim faith on the campaign trail.
News ID: 3499474   Publish Date : 2026/10/20

IQNA – American Muslims will keep praying, keep showing up, and keep participating in public life — that was a Muslim rights group’s message Monday after US President Donald Trump mocked the popularity of the name Muhammad.
News ID: 3499439   Publish Date : 2026/10/18