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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.

IQNA – A recent national poll shows a tight race between Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for the Muslim American vote ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election on November 5.
News ID: 3490519    Publish Date : 2024/11/02

IQNA – Illinois Sen. Sara Feigenholtz is facing increasing calls to resign after she posted an Islamophobic message on her social media account.
News ID: 3490516    Publish Date : 2024/11/02

IQNA – Swarthmore College is facing a federal complaint over allegations of discrimination against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students, filed by CAIR-Philadelphia and other advocacy groups.
News ID: 3490493    Publish Date : 2024/10/30

IQNA – A U.S. appeals court has ruled that three Muslim men cannot sue FBI agents who placed them on the "no-fly list" after they declined to become government informants.
News ID: 3490491    Publish Date : 2024/10/30

IQNA – The Virginia-based Islamic Relief USA has been helping with damage assessment to homes from Hurricane Helene in Augusta and throughout the state of Georgia.
News ID: 3490402    Publish Date : 2024/10/23

IQNA – Ahmed Ghanim, a Muslim politician and activist, was unexpectedly removed from a campaign rally featuring Vice President Kamala Harris in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Monday night.
News ID: 3490393    Publish Date : 2024/10/23

IQNA – A coalition of Black Muslim leaders has urged voters to shun Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the 2024 U.S. presidency due to her support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
News ID: 3490387    Publish Date : 2024/10/22

IQNA – Mosques across Southern California welcomed people from various faiths on Sunday as part of "Open Mosque Day 2024."
News ID: 3490381    Publish Date : 2024/10/22

IQNA – US universities that once championed free speech have become hostile environments for Muslim and Arab students.
News ID: 3490359    Publish Date : 2024/10/20

IQNA – A 2024 Voter Guide has been published in the US state of California to assist Muslims and their allies in the state as they prepare to vote in the upcoming US election.
News ID: 3490314    Publish Date : 2024/10/16

IQNA – The director of a Quran printing center in Chicago has noted a significant rise in the public's interest in reading the Muslim holy book since the onset of the Al-Aqsa Storm operation and the Gaza war.
News ID: 3490312    Publish Date : 2024/10/16

IQNA – A video of a sandwich shop in New York City's Times Square playing the Quran despite a daily $50 fine has garnered widespread attention on social media.
News ID: 3490292    Publish Date : 2024/10/15

IQNA – One year after the hate-motivated stabbing of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, the impact continues to resonate with many in the Chicago area.
News ID: 3490290    Publish Date : 2024/10/15

IQNA – Authorities in Detroit are being urged to investigate a knife attack on a young Muslim and Arab girl as a hate crime, amid a significant rise in targeted and discriminatory attacks over the past year.
News ID: 3490271    Publish Date : 2024/10/13

IQNA – A Muslim-American civil rights group has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, urging an investigation into whether the University of Michigan has failed to protect Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and South Asian students from discrimination.
News ID: 3490221    Publish Date : 2024/10/11

IQNA – A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to committing a federal hate crime after vandalizing an Islamic student center at Rutgers University earlier this year, officials announced on Thursday.
News ID: 3490219    Publish Date : 2024/10/11

IQNA – A Muslim woman from Knoxville, Layla Soliz, has filed a lawsuit against Knox County and its sheriff, Tom Spangler, over the public release of her mugshot that showed her without her hijab.
News ID: 3490204    Publish Date : 2024/10/09

IQNA – Minnesota's first Muslim-exclusive cemetery broke ground on Tuesday in the south metro after a decade of delays, legal challenges, and vandalism.
News ID: 3490202    Publish Date : 2024/10/09

IQNA – While Vice President Kamala Harris’ office said it has launched an outreach to community leaders on efforts to contain Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, major Muslim and Arab American organizations and pro-Palestinian activist groups say they were excluded from it.  
News ID: 3490145    Publish Date : 2024/10/05

IQNA – The 9th Annual Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival will be held in Milwaukee, US state of Wisconsin, on Oct. 17-20.
News ID: 3490141    Publish Date : 2024/10/05