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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 hate letter threatening violence against Muslims and Palestinians prompted an Islamic day school in Bridgeview, Illinois, to switch to remote learning on Friday.
News ID: 3485661    Publish Date : 2023/10/20

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Muslim civil rights group in the US has decided to change the venue of its annual banquet after receiving bomb and death threats that may be related to its support for Palestinians amid the Israeli Gaza onslaught.
News ID: 3485660    Publish Date : 2023/10/20

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – There has been a dramatic surge spike in anti-Muslim rhetoric in the US state of New Jersey recently.
News ID: 3485620    Publish Date : 2023/10/17

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed by his landlord in Plainfield Township last week was buried on Monday after a funeral service at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview.
News ID: 3485619    Publish Date : 2023/10/17

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The shows of three Muslim anchors have been suspended by US news network MSNBC amid the Israeli regime’s war on Gaza.
News ID: 3485609    Publish Date : 2023/10/16

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A six-year-old Muslim boy of Palestinian decent was killed and his mother was seriously wounded in a hate-motivated stabbing attack by their landlord in Chicago.
News ID: 3485596    Publish Date : 2023/10/16

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A hate incident at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont, US state of California prompted police to launch an investigation.
News ID: 3485587    Publish Date : 2023/10/15

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Islamic Center of Midland in Michigan is set to host an open house event to invite neighbors to visit their space and meet Muslims.
News ID: 3485556    Publish Date : 2023/10/13

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Some Muslim and Arab students in the US are being harassed and intimidated on campuses following the outbreak of a conflict between Palestinian resistance forces and the Israeli regime.
News ID: 3485551    Publish Date : 2023/10/12

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Over 7,000 Americans have so far used CAIR’s action alert to contact their members of Congress, call for an end to the ongoing violence in Palestine.
News ID: 3485550    Publish Date : 2023/10/12

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Columbia College Chicago has created a new sensory corner in the Reflection Space at the Student Center where Muslim students pray, and they are upset about it.
News ID: 3485465    Publish Date : 2023/10/07

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The 8th edition of the annual Muslim film festival in Milwaukee, US state of Wisconsin, will be held for four days later this month.
News ID: 3485428    Publish Date : 2023/10/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – An act of Quran desecration in the US state of Illinois that happened in summer but was recently posted on social media is allegedly part of a larger trend of Hindutva-inspired Islamophobia.
News ID: 3485426    Publish Date : 2023/10/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A federal agency has sued Chipotle claiming religious harassment on behalf of a Muslim former employee who alleges an assistant manager ripped off her hijab at a Kansas location.
News ID: 3485400    Publish Date : 2023/10/02

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A local mosque in Brooklyn has been given green light to block the street in front of its premises to organize Friday prayers.
News ID: 3485372    Publish Date : 2023/09/30

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Two separate lawsuits this week has revealed the hidden anti-Muslim bias in the US police force.
News ID: 3485364    Publish Date : 2023/09/30

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The freedom of Muslims in the US and the UK after the September 11, 2001 attacks became tenuous at best.
News ID: 3485345    Publish Date : 2023/09/28

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – For the fifth year in a row, families from Rochester, New York, thankfully received bags full of essential food and hygiene supplies as the Barakah Muslim Charity hosted their fifth annual Day of Dignity.
News ID: 3485292    Publish Date : 2023/09/24

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Buffalo Police say two men were arrested on Wednesday accused of making threats and harassing people inside Jami Masjid Buffalo on Genesee Street.
News ID: 3485277    Publish Date : 2023/09/23

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Two Muslim women, who are currently running for local office in Massachusetts, say that their campaign materials have been purposely damaged this month, in what they perceive as deliberate attacks.
News ID: 3485263    Publish Date : 2023/09/22