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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) – 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

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The 8th Annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium will be held on Monday, September 25, at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
News ID: 3485262    Publish Date : 2023/09/21

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Islamophobic targeting and harassment of an elderly Muslim woman in Blaine, Minnesota has drawn condemnations.
News ID: 3485254    Publish Date : 2023/09/20

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The city of Fremont in the US state of California will commemorate the state’s recognition of August as American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month.
News ID: 3485236    Publish Date : 2023/09/19

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A dozen Muslim Americans have launched a lawsuit to end a secretive FBI watchlist that they say has turned them into “second-class” citizens.
News ID: 3485228    Publish Date : 2023/09/19

NEW YORK (IQNA) – The Friday prayer sermon at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (ICCNY) mosque will be delivered by a foreign leader for the first time this week.
News ID: 3485227    Publish Date : 2023/09/19

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – For 18 years, the annual Minnesota Muslim Convention in Minneapolis, US state of Minnesota, has brought together Muslims from across the state and beyond.
News ID: 3485194    Publish Date : 2023/09/17

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Democratic mayor from New Jersey who is Muslim and was denied entry to the White House earlier this year plans to sue the US administration.
News ID: 3485188    Publish Date : 2023/09/16

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Dallas man admitted in federal court that he killed one person and tried to kill four others in a hate crime shooting at a car repair shop owned by Muslims.
News ID: 3485178    Publish Date : 2023/09/15

NEW YORK (IQNA) – The Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the NYPD to conduct a “thorough and swift” investigation into the reported attack on the imam of the Islamic Center of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Astoria, N.Y.
News ID: 3485175    Publish Date : 2023/09/14

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – As students returned to school last week, Muslim and Christian parents in Maryland are fully prepared to fight a court order preventing them from opting their children out of controversial gender and sexual education in public schools.
News ID: 3485139    Publish Date : 2023/09/12

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A law professor in the US state of Michigan predicted that Islamophobia is going to remain ‘central to American politics for the foreseeable future.
News ID: 3485129    Publish Date : 2023/09/11

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Muslims in the US still face hate and discrimination 20 years after 9/11 attacks, according to the country’s largest Muslim organization.
News ID: 3485123    Publish Date : 2023/09/11

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is going to join Emgage Pennsylvania in hosting Muslim Capitol Day at the state capitol in Harrisburg on October 18. 
News ID: 3485098    Publish Date : 2023/09/09

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The disproportionate number of people charged at the US-Mexico border under an obscure law may be motivated by a desire of the FBI to recruit Muslim American informants.
News ID: 3485045    Publish Date : 2023/09/05

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) denounced marches by neo-Nazi groups in Florida.
News ID: 3485041    Publish Date : 2023/09/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A major Muslim convention in Chicago will wrap up on Monday after three days of activities.
News ID: 3485031    Publish Date : 2023/09/04

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque, located in the Washington area, received a threatening call on Thursday evening, prompting the community to cancel an evening event.
News ID: 3485007    Publish Date : 2023/09/02

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) visited the Islamic Center of Jonesboro in Arkansas on September 1 as part of its National Muslim Civil Rights Tour. 
News ID: 3485005    Publish Date : 2023/09/02