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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.

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Muslim student who was injured on Friday in an apparent hate crime at Stanford Campus issued a statement, saying the “emotional scars” of the attack will “likely linger.”
News ID: 3485897    Publish Date : 2023/11/06

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Muslims decried acts of hate and Islamophobia following a vandalism targeting a mosque in Phoenixville, Us state of Pennsylvania.
News ID: 3485883    Publish Date : 2023/11/05

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A man in Utah is facing hate crime charges after assaulting on a Muslim woman and child.  
News ID: 3485874    Publish Date : 2023/11/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Congregants of the Khair Community Center mosque in Upper Providence were met with a distressing sight on Friday morning as they arrived at their place of worship.
News ID: 3485868    Publish Date : 2023/11/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash in which a car hit an Arab Muslim Stanford student as a potential hate crime.
News ID: 3485864    Publish Date : 2023/11/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Minneapolis police say a thorough investigation is underway as a fire destroyed three garages belonging to Mercy Islamic Center, also known as Masjid Al Rahma, on Wednesday.  
News ID: 3485863    Publish Date : 2023/11/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A mosque in Minneapolis was in flamed on Wednesday, raising concerns among the Muslim community.
News ID: 3485856    Publish Date : 2023/11/03

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A rights group in the US says there has been a significant uptick in anti-Muslim hate incident in the country since October 7 when a war started between Hamas and the Israeli regime.
News ID: 3485837    Publish Date : 2023/11/01

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A decision to postpone the “Treasured Ornament: 10 Centuries of Islamic Art” exhibition at the Frick Pittsburgh is disheartening and insensitive.
News ID: 3485820    Publish Date : 2023/10/31

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Brooklyn College, one of New York’s main colleges, is targeting Muslim students and this is part of a wave of anti-Muslim racism and repression in the US in the wake of the conflict in Palestine.
News ID: 3485816    Publish Date : 2023/10/31

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – In Illinois, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba, has entered a not guilty plea following his indictment by a grand jury.
News ID: 3485815    Publish Date : 2023/10/31

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly stabbed a Muslim woman to death while she was sitting outside her apartment in Texas.
News ID: 3485813    Publish Date : 2023/10/31

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A man was shot in the chest outside a mosque in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on Sunday evening, while a prayer service was going on inside.
News ID: 3485796    Publish Date : 2023/10/30

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Members of the Muslim Community of the Greater Albany area in the US state of New York came to the Capitol to underline the need for an immediate end to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
News ID: 3485794    Publish Date : 2023/10/30

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Muslims in Nashville are inviting people of all faiths and backgrounds to visit two mosques and learn more about Islam and its followers.
News ID: 3485764    Publish Date : 2023/10/28

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – In another Islamophobic incident in the US, a Muslim woman was the target of another woman’s hateful tirade in Bethesda, Maryland.
News ID: 3485762    Publish Date : 2023/10/28

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Palestinian-American man was hospitalized following a suspected hate-crime vehicle assault in Cleveland, Ohio.
News ID: 3485728    Publish Date : 2023/10/24

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Police are investigating as another possible Islamophobic hate crime an incident in which a Muslim teen girl was attacked while riding the New York City subway to school.
News ID: 3485718    Publish Date : 2023/10/24

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A mosque in South Philadelphia was vandalized with anti-Islamic messages on Thursday with the Muslim community calling for a hate crime investigation.
News ID: 3485673    Publish Date : 2023/10/21

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Muslim leaders in Chicago say the Islamophobia seen in the city in recent weeks is worse than that seen after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
News ID: 3485668    Publish Date : 2023/10/21