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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 Jewish man, Izak Kadosh of Brooklyn, faces over 40 charges, including second-degree attempted murder and hate crimes, for a campaign of harassment and violence against his Muslim neighbor, Ahmed Chebira, according to the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.
News ID: 3489525    Publish Date : 2024/08/16

IQNA – A viral video captured a man making threats against a Muslim family in the Lakewood Ranch community over Mother’s Day weekend.
News ID: 3489522    Publish Date : 2024/08/16

IQNA – Nasrina Bargzie has been appointed by the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris as the campaign’s Muslim and Arab outreach chief.
News ID: 3489517    Publish Date : 2024/08/15

IQNA – A jail sentence was handed to a South Florida man for attacking a Muslim US Postal Service worker and trying to pull off her hijab.
News ID: 3489449    Publish Date : 2024/08/10

IQNA – Congressional Democrats have reintroduced a bill aimed at preventing future executive orders similar to former President Donald Trump’s travel ban, often referred to as the "Muslim ban."
News ID: 3489429    Publish Date : 2024/08/09

IQNA – Some 15,000 individuals attended a halal food festival organized at Frontier Park in Naperville, US State of Illinois, to celebrate its cultural diversity.
News ID: 3489404    Publish Date : 2024/08/06

IQNA – Cases of Islamophobic incidents are increasing in Maryland and across the United States, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
News ID: 3489342    Publish Date : 2024/08/02

IQNA – The 18th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Program (MYLP) was held at the State Capitol in Sacramento, US State of California, from July 25 through July 28.
News ID: 3489294    Publish Date : 2024/07/30

IQNA – Discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians in the United States increased by approximately 70% in the first half of 2024 amid the Israeli genocide in Gaza, an American rights group says.
News ID: 3489291    Publish Date : 2024/07/30

IQNA – Hate crime charges has been filed against suspects Chad Wiley and Stephen Stenberg for the harassment and alleged assault of wedding guests at a Maryland Muslim woman’s wedding in late June.
News ID: 3489253    Publish Date : 2024/07/26

IQNA – A Kentucky man, Melvin P. Litteral III, has been arrested and charged with a federal hate crime for threatening a Palestinian American man with a loaded gun, the US Justice Department announced on Monday.
News ID: 3489232    Publish Date : 2024/07/24

IQNA – A Gastonia man has been accused of vandalizing a mosque by breaking three windows on Sunday evening.
News ID: 3489220    Publish Date : 2024/07/23

IQNA – The Islamic Center of Eastside in Bellevue, Washington, has reopened its doors seven years after being targeted by arsonists.
News ID: 3489193    Publish Date : 2024/07/21

IQNA – An assistant principal at Edison High School has allegedly threatened members of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) over an iftar event, a rights group reports.
News ID: 3489184    Publish Date : 2024/07/20

IQNA – An appointee at the U.S. Interior Department resigned on Tuesday, citing the Biden administration’s “complicity” in the Gaza genocide where at least 37,900 people have been killed since October.
News ID: 3488981    Publish Date : 2024/07/03

IQNA – A North Texas woman has been rearrested and faces a $1 million bond after being charged with the attempted murder of two Muslim children.
News ID: 3488960    Publish Date : 2024/07/02

IQNA – A coalition of American Muslim groups stressed that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are “fatally flawed candidates,” noting that the next administration should put the “ethnic cleansing of Palestinians” as its red line.
News ID: 3488948    Publish Date : 2024/07/01

IQNA – A Muslim rights group in the US has slammed an Israeli envoy’s anti-Muslim remarks, noting that such statements will increase hatred and violence against Muslims in New York.
News ID: 3488932    Publish Date : 2024/06/30

IQNA – Former US president Donald Trump's comments regarding Palestinians have been slammed as “racist” by rights groups.
News ID: 3488923    Publish Date : 2024/06/29

IQNA – A New Jersey school district apologized for offending a Muslim activist group this week after a middle school teacher featured a class quiz question naming Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL), as a terror group.
News ID: 3488849    Publish Date : 2024/06/22