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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 – The South Florida Muslim Federation had planned to hold its annual conference at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel and Convention Center this weekend, but the hotel canceled the reservation a week before the event.
News ID: 3486756    Publish Date : 2024/01/10

IQNA – Hundreds of people from different faiths and backgrounds gathered at Promenade Park in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday to demand a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
News ID: 3486744    Publish Date : 2024/01/09

IQNA – A US Muslim advocacy group hailed a recent Albany Common Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, urging that Congress and the US administration do the same.
News ID: 3486715    Publish Date : 2024/01/07

IQNA – Hundreds of mourners braved the cold on Saturday to attend the funeral of Imam Hassan Sharif, who was fatally shot on Wednesday as he left morning prayer at a mosque in Newark.
News ID: 3486709    Publish Date : 2024/01/07

IQNA – A mosque in Florida has been vandalized, sparking condemnation by the local community who urge authorities to launch an investigation.
News ID: 3486699    Publish Date : 2024/01/06

IQNA – Funeral arrangements have been announced for Imam Hassan Sharif, who tragically lost his life in a fatal shooting outside Masjid Muhammad-Newark on Wednesday morning.
News ID: 3486694    Publish Date : 2024/01/06

IQNA – A prayer leader in New Ark, US state of New Jersey, was shot and killed outside his mosque.
News ID: 3486679    Publish Date : 2024/01/04

IQNA – More than 100 organizations have endorsed a historic march for Palestine in Washington, DC on Saturday, Jan. 13, to demand an end to the US support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
News ID: 3486663    Publish Date : 2024/01/03

IQNA – The United States’ Muslim youths feel pressured and under attack over their stance in support of Palestine, and they hold the Biden administration responsible.
News ID: 3486661    Publish Date : 2024/01/03

IQNA – A car rally was held in the US on Sunday to protest the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
News ID: 3486637    Publish Date : 2024/01/01

IQNA – Muslim community leaders from across the US will hold a news conference in Chicago on Saturday, urging voters to withdraw their support for President Joe Biden over his handling of the Gaza crisis.
News ID: 3486612    Publish Date : 2023/12/30

IQNA – A West Philadelphia mosque was vandalized with hateful graffiti early Friday morning, sparking condemnation and solidarity from the local Muslim community and civil rights groups.
News ID: 3486609    Publish Date : 2023/12/30

IQNA – The 22nd Annual MAS-ICNA Convention, one of the largest and most diverse Islamic conventions in North America, opened in Chicago on Thursday, December 28.
News ID: 3486602    Publish Date : 2023/12/29

IQNA – A 15-year-old Muslim girl was pepper-sprayed in the face by an Islamophobic woman in Bensonhurst, a residential neighborhood in south Brooklyn, on December 19.
News ID: 3486601    Publish Date : 2023/12/29

IQNA – Gervonta Davis, a world champion boxer from Baltimore, converted to Islam on Sunday at a local mosque, according to Imam Hassan Abdi, who led the ceremony.
News ID: 3486600    Publish Date : 2023/12/29

IQNA – Some Muslim American advocates are reportedly hesitant to work with the White House on developing a strategy to counter Islamophobia amid the Biden Administration's response to the war in Gaza.
News ID: 3486599    Publish Date : 2023/12/29

IQNA – Bringing hate crime charges against a man suspected of tagging his building with threatening anti-Muslim graffiti has been hailed by an US Muslim advocacy group.
News ID: 3486517    Publish Date : 2023/12/23

IQNA – A judge ordered a mental competency evaluation on Thursday for a man who assaulted a Connecticut state representative outside a Muslim prayer service in June.
News ID: 3486513    Publish Date : 2023/12/22

IQNA – A Muslim student at a Michigan middle school was allegedly called a "terrorist" by a school counselor, according to a complaint filed by an advocacy group.
News ID: 3486474    Publish Date : 2023/12/19

IQNA – A Palestinian student of law at University of Toledo says she has received a threatening note after showing support for Palestine.
News ID: 3486470    Publish Date : 2023/12/18