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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 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

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