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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) – The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) is asking for public help after two thieves broke into the Islamic Center of Federal Way.
News ID: 3484599    Publish Date : 2023/08/01

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – July is a special month for Muslims in the US state of Utah and a chance to feel seen, recognized and included.
News ID: 3484515    Publish Date : 2023/07/26

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Muslim woman says she was forced to remove hijab when the police took her to Lexington jail, Kentucky.
News ID: 3484436    Publish Date : 2023/07/22

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) –  Shia Muslims in Carteret will mark this year's mourning month of Muharram by campaign and peace walk.
News ID: 3484429    Publish Date : 2023/07/21

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Two senators in the US state of Wisconsin have proposed a ban on closure of place of worship during health emergencies.   
News ID: 3484415    Publish Date : 2023/07/19

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, has officially recognized July as the Muslim Heritage Month, drawing praise from the Muslim community.
News ID: 3484407    Publish Date : 2023/07/19

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Muslim community leader in Colorado, the United States, says Daesh terrorist group does not represent Islam days after a member of their community was arrested on charges of pledging allegiance to the terror group.
News ID: 3484401    Publish Date : 2023/07/19

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – As part of its National Muslim Civil Rights Tour, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) visited mosques in Hoover and Madison, Alabama.
News ID: 3484394    Publish Date : 2023/07/18

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Felony charges, including sexual assault, were filed against a man accused of attacking US state of Connecticut's first Muslim state representative after a prayer service
News ID: 3484385    Publish Date : 2023/07/18

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Suhba Sisterhood is an all-women group in Rochester, US state of Minnesota, that offers Muslim community members a safe space.  
News ID: 3484314    Publish Date : 2023/07/12

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The appointment of Mujahid Muhammad as the first Muslim member of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners has been welcomed by the city’s Muslims.
News ID: 3484309    Publish Date : 2023/07/11

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – More than $10,000 was raised to help repair a New Mexico mosque that was vandalized five separate times in recent weeks and forced to close.
News ID: 3484306    Publish Date : 2023/07/11

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Muslim community members in Minneapolis met on Sunday to discuss the teen issues that have been increasing, especially the episodes of teen violence in the past few months.
News ID: 3484301    Publish Date : 2023/07/11

NEW YORK (IQNA) – An elderly Muslim man was killed while going to a mosque in New York City when a scooter-riding maniac shot him in the back this weekend.
News ID: 3484286    Publish Date : 2023/07/10

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Director of the Portales Islamic Center, which has been targeted with a series of vandalism incidents in the past weeks, says the Muslim worshipers are traumatized.
News ID: 3484276    Publish Date : 2023/07/10

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A Connecticut state representative who is Muslim is demanding a probe into the Hartford police department's alleged inaction during a recent violent assault after Eid al-Adha prayer.
News ID: 3484258    Publish Date : 2023/07/08

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – Former US president Donald Trump promised to reinstate and intensify his controversial ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries if he wins the 2024 presidential election.
News ID: 3484247    Publish Date : 2023/07/08

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A mosque in Portales, New Mexico, has been vandalized for the fourth time in a week and a half as the police are yet to consider the repeated attacks, which included ripping the Holy Quran, as hate-motivated crimes.
News ID: 3484240    Publish Date : 2023/07/07

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – The growing number of Muslims in Missoula, Montana, are looking for a mosque as they cannot old places of worship anymore.
News ID: 3484221    Publish Date : 2023/07/05

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A lawyer with the US’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization says the way the FBI is targeting Muslims is no different than “witch hunt”, citing newly revealed listing of Muslims following 9/11 attacks.
News ID: 3484219    Publish Date : 2023/07/05