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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 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

IQNA – Some 220 complaints of anti-Muslim bias incidents have been received by a Muslim advocacy group in the US state of Maryland since October 9.
News ID: 3486439    Publish Date : 2023/12/16

IQNA –  A video of a Harvard professor's wife, who was the top economist for former President Obama, insulting a student for having a keffiyeh on and labeling it a "terrorist scarf" has caused anger.
News ID: 3486431    Publish Date : 2023/12/15

IQNA – Last week, authorities arrested a middle school teacher from Georgia who, according to several witnesses, said he would cut off the head of a Muslim student, 13, who was upset by the Israeli flag in his classroom.
News ID: 3486429    Publish Date : 2023/12/15

IQNA – The Council of American Islamic Relations of Florida is requesting a Department of Education investigation over a teenager expelled from school because of his mother's posts on social media.
News ID: 3486426    Publish Date : 2023/12/15

IQNA – Muslim leaders from across the US state of Texas described efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza as a moral obligation.
News ID: 3486423    Publish Date : 2023/12/14

IQNA – Most funeral homes don't know how to bury Muslims but a group of Muslim women seek to introduce a change.
News ID: 3486370    Publish Date : 2023/12/11

IQNA – The University of Texas at Austin’s move to remove two graduate students from their TA (teaching assistant) positions for supporting Palestine has been condemned.
News ID: 3486364    Publish Date : 2023/12/10

IQNA – A Monterey man is facing hate crime charges after allegedly vandalizing a Muslim man's car, police said.
News ID: 3486347    Publish Date : 2023/12/09

IQNA – A Muslim candidate for US Congress said the number of Americans calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is growing.
News ID: 3486344    Publish Date : 2023/12/09

IQNA – Montgomery County Public Schools is facing a discrimination complaint from a Muslim civil rights organization over alleged treatment of a Muslim teacher who had supported Palestinians.
News ID: 3486342    Publish Date : 2023/12/09

IQNA – While most Americans favor an end to the Israeli aggression on Gaza, their preference for a ceasefire is not reflected in the US Congress.
News ID: 3486316    Publish Date : 2023/12/06