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 – In the wake of a devastating tragedy at the Islamic Center of San Diego, a local teenager is turning grief into generosity.
News ID: 3497651    Publish Date : 2026/05/30

IQNA – No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, but Memphis police are still searching for a man seen carrying a rifle on the grounds of a Berclair mosque Monday morning — and they’ve now released a physical description of the suspect.
News ID: 3497634    Publish Date : 2026/05/29

IQNA – Residents of a south St. Louis County neighborhood woke up to a disturbing scene over the weekend: sidewalks and roadways defaced with anti-Muslim graffiti.
News ID: 3497604    Publish Date : 2026/05/26

IQNA – A week after two gunmen opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three people, Muslim American leaders are channeling collective grief into concrete action — from lobbying for stronger hate crime legislation to organizing neighborhood safety networks.
News ID: 3497600    Publish Date : 2026/05/25

IQNA – While the attack happened 2,000 miles away, the grief and alarm rippled directly to southeast Michigan on Wednesday.
News ID: 3497545    Publish Date : 2026/05/21

IQNA – Three worshippers praying inside the Islamic Center of San Diego were fatally shot Monday before police say two teenage gunmen were also killed, leaving five dead in what officials are calling a possible hate-motivated attack.
News ID: 3497513    Publish Date : 2026/05/19

IQNA – For civil rights advocates, a delayed police response isn’t just an operational failure—it’s a potential civil rights violation.
News ID: 3497460    Publish Date : 2026/05/14

IQNA – For one afternoon, a home in South Dartmouth, US state of Massachusetts, that doubles as a mosque became a classroom.c
News ID: 3497358    Publish Date : 2026/05/06

IQNA – A bomb threat against a North Carolina mosque should be prosecuted as a hate crime, the state’s largest Muslim civil rights group said.
News ID: 3497344    Publish Date : 2026/05/05

IQNA – A quiet but steady shift is reshaping religious life for many Muslim families in the United States.
News ID: 3497293    Publish Date : 2026/05/01

IQNA – In an era of heated political rhetoric and rising Islamophobia, a British Muslim photographer is hitting the road to offer a different portrait of the United States.
News ID: 3497281    Publish Date : 2026/04/29

IQNA – Sentencing of a Tennessee man who threatened a mosque in that US state has been welcomed. .
News ID: 3497207    Publish Date : 2026/04/24

IQNA – For Muslim Americans, the sting of Islamophobic rhetoric is not just political or social — it is deeply psychological.
News ID: 3497152    Publish Date : 2026/04/19

IQNA – Just weeks after winning another term, Brookfield Alderman Kris Seals resigned following revelations that he posted messages on LinkedIn calling for violence against Muslims.
News ID: 3497105    Publish Date : 2026/04/15

IQNA – Mosques across the United States have been urged to sign up to participate in National Open Mosque Day starting on May 3, 2026.
News ID: 3497096    Publish Date : 2026/04/15

IQNA – For years, the small Islamic Center on a quiet street in Vacaville, California, has served as a spiritual home for dozens of local families.
News ID: 3497069    Publish Date : 2026/04/13

IQNA – Violent online threats against the Islamic Society of Orange County (ISOC) appear to be the direct result of a deliberate Islamophobic smear campaign linked to the mosque's planned expansion project.
News ID: 3497058    Publish Date : 2026/04/12

IQNA – Muslims and interfaith supporters from across California will gather at the state Capitol early next week, to lobby lawmakers on three pressing issues: discrimination in schools, official recognition of Eid holidays, and government surveillance of Muslim communities.
News ID: 3497052    Publish Date : 2026/04/11

IQNA – The move by a man to desecrate the Quran at a Brooklyn mosque has drawn condemnation, with the NYPD investigating the incident as a hate crime.
News ID: 3496921    Publish Date : 2026/03/30

IQNA – Having exhausted the political utility of immigrant caravans and exhausted the credibility of pet-eating conspiracy theories, a growing faction within the Republican Party appears to be setting its sights on a familiar enemy: American Muslims.
News ID: 3496867    Publish Date : 2026/03/24