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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 – A 33-year-old state lawmaker with a history of pro-Palestinian activism is poised to become the first Muslim mayor of New York.
News ID: 3493585    Publish Date : 2025/06/25

IQNA – A New York man has been charged with a hate crime after assaulting a Muslim woman on a subway train in Queens.
News ID: 3493540    Publish Date : 2025/06/22

IQNA – The Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Austin) has called on Randalls and its parent company, Albertsons Companies, to investigate an incident involving a 59-year-old American Muslim woman who was allegedly targeted and banned from all Randalls stores without explanation.
News ID: 3493420    Publish Date : 2025/06/11

IQNA – A civil rights complaint has been filed with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights against a Domino’s Pizza location in Waterford, following claims of religious discrimination and food tampering involving two Muslim women and their children.
News ID: 3493352    Publish Date : 2025/06/07

IQNA – Muslims in the United States will celebrate Eid al-Adha with communal prayers on the first Friday of June.
News ID: 3493269    Publish Date : 2025/05/29

IQNA – After more than a decade of planning and legal proceedings, a new Muslim community center is set to be established in Pittsfield Township, Michigan.
News ID: 3493196    Publish Date : 2025/05/23

IQNA – A Philadelphia public school teacher has filed a federal lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia, alleging discrimination based on her Muslim faith and retaliation for expressing pro-Palestinian views.
News ID: 3493105    Publish Date : 2025/05/16

IQNA – The 14th Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol (MDAC) Advocacy Day was heal earlier this week in Sacramento.
News ID: 3493083    Publish Date : 2025/05/14

IQNA – A mosque in Rockford, US state of Illinois, hosted an open house on Saturday to clear misinformation about Islam.     
News ID: 3493029    Publish Date : 2025/05/11

IQNA – Muslim developers behind a proposed Texas community have called state and federal investigations “misguided”.
News ID: 3493015    Publish Date : 2025/05/10

IQNA – A 73-year-old Illinois man has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for a hate-fueled stabbing attack that killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously injured his mother in October 2023, shortly after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
News ID: 3492917    Publish Date : 2025/05/03

IQNA – Muslim students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) have reported being harassed by a teaching assistant following an event focused on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
News ID: 3492869    Publish Date : 2025/04/29

IQNA – The annual Muslim Day event in Sacramento, California, will include a Youth Day with the participation of high school students.
News ID: 3492846    Publish Date : 2025/04/26

IQNA – A civil rights group has submitted a formal complaint to the Seattle Office of Police Accountability, alleging that officers from the Seattle Police Department (SPD) used excessive force during a February 4 encounter involving two Black Muslim women.
News ID: 3492837    Publish Date : 2025/04/26

IQNA – The first Quran translation that used American English was published in 1980s by a Canadian-American named Thomas Irving.
News ID: 3492836    Publish Date : 2025/04/26

IQNA – An Arab-American man has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Big Jay’s Auto Sales in Shelby Township, Michigan, claiming an employee made derogatory remarks about his Muslim faith during a car sale negotiation.
News ID: 3492829    Publish Date : 2025/04/25

IQNA – A woman from New York has admitted to a charge of aggravated harassment following an incident in which she pepper-sprayed her Muslim Uber driver while he was praying, according to court documents reviewed by The National.
News ID: 3492815    Publish Date : 2025/04/23

IQNA – Authorities in Morgan Hill, California, have arrested a 59-year-old man over committing a hate crime following an attack on Muslim worshippers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
News ID: 3492809    Publish Date : 2025/04/23

IQNA – Imran Chaudhary, an assistant professor of instruction at The University of Texas at San Antonio, dismisses concerns about a plan for expanding a Muslim community settlement in East Plano, saying it would be open to all.
News ID: 3492739    Publish Date : 2025/04/19

IQNA – Three Muslim college students in Georgia have received an apology and financial settlement after being harassed while praying in a public parking area.
News ID: 3492694    Publish Date : 2025/04/15