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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 –  An expert on Muslim philanthropy deplored the bias and prejudice against Muslims in the US.
News ID: 3488349    Publish Date : 2024/05/15

IQNA – The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ San Francisco Bay Area office (CAIR-SFBA) has issued a strong condemnation of an alleged hate crime against individuals advocating for Palestine.
News ID: 3488332    Publish Date : 2024/05/14

IQNA – Arizona State University (ASU) announced yesterday that a scholar who verbally assaulted a woman wearing a hijab will not be allowed back on campus to teach.
News ID: 3488274    Publish Date : 2024/05/10

IQNA – Arizona State University (ASU) is currently an investigation into one of its professors following a harassment of a Hijabi Muslim woman at a pro-Palestine demonstration.
News ID: 3488249    Publish Date : 2024/05/08

IQNA – An Islamic center has moved to a renovated church building in Moses Lake in Grant County, Washington.
News ID: 3488240    Publish Date : 2024/05/07

IQNA – Muslim Advocacy Day was observed in the capitols this week amid increasing discontent regarding the ongoing endorsement by the US administration of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
News ID: 3488202    Publish Date : 2024/05/05

IQNA – Emory College and Columbia University are under federal scrutiny for potential anti-Muslim discrimination, marking a first in the history of US higher education institutions.
News ID: 3488184    Publish Date : 2024/05/03

IQNA – The leading civil rights and advocacy group for Muslims in the United States has slammed the House of Representatives for passing a contentious bill that makes any critique of Israel a criminal act.
News ID: 3488181    Publish Date : 2024/05/02

IQNA – Footage shows the US police forcibly removing a Muslim woman’s hijab in public after she was detained during Palestine solidarity protests.
News ID: 3488156    Publish Date : 2024/04/30

IQNA – A 24-year-old man is facing federal hate crime charges after allegedly vandalizing the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University during the Eid al-Fitr celebration.
News ID: 3488047    Publish Date : 2024/04/23

IQNA – A former Cornell University master’s student has been charged with second-degree harassment after spitting on a Muslim student in March.
News ID: 3488019    Publish Date : 2024/04/21

IQNA – Muslim Americans who have long slammed the President Joe Biden administration for its support for the Israeli regime amid the Gaza genocide, say the new aid package is a “point of no return.”
News ID: 3488017    Publish Date : 2024/04/21

IQNA – University students in the United States have announced solidarity rallies to show support for the Palestinians caught in the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
News ID: 3488011    Publish Date : 2024/04/20

IQNA – People from different faiths and background convened at the Texas Capitol on Friday to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with the Muslim community.
News ID: 3488003    Publish Date : 2024/04/20

IQNA – Settlement has reached in a lawsuit over the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, Kentucky, depriving a Muslim woman of her religious rights
News ID: 3487988    Publish Date : 2024/04/18

IQNA – Dismissing charges against a man desecrating a mosque in Tennessee has drawn condemnation.  
News ID: 3487976    Publish Date : 2024/04/17

IQNA – An Arab American group says Washington’s support for the Israeli regime could lead to a regional war as Iran launched its retaliatory attack against the regime.
News ID: 3487931    Publish Date : 2024/04/14

IQNA – A Muslim American rights group has condemned Pomona College’s suppression of Pro-Palestine rallies on the campus, calling for protection of First Amendment rights.
News ID: 3487920    Publish Date : 2024/04/13

IQNA – Interfaith leaders in San Francisco turned out to show solidarity with the Muslim community Friday afternoon, days after a man smashed the windows of a Nob Hill mosque and harassed members.
News ID: 3487916    Publish Date : 2024/04/13

IQNA – A San Francisco man has been charged with hate crime after vandalizing a mosque.
News ID: 3487905    Publish Date : 2024/04/12