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[106]: 31–32 Soon after, African-American Muslim groups began to form: the Moorish Science Temple was established in Chicago in 1925, and the Nation of Islam formed in 1930. [106]: 34–36 According to an article in 2001, 25,000 Americans convert to Islam per year. [107]
“Being a fourth-generation American, I don’t see a juxtaposition between being a Muslim and being American. I’ve always been a little different — I’m also Mexican American. All my life I’ve only fit in 90 percent, so it’s just kind of a different 90 percent between am I American or am I Muslim.”
The American Shia Muslim community are from different parts of the world such as South Asia, Europe, Middle East, and East Africa. [13] [14] The American Shia Muslim community have many activities and have founded several organization such as the Islamic Center of America and North America Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities Organization ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American people. It includes American people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category includes articles of people who are Muslim (followers of the religion of Islam ) in the United States .
Pages in category "Islamic organizations based in the United States" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
African-American Muslims account for over 20% of American Muslims. [2] They represent one of the larger Muslim populations of the United States as there is no ethnic group that makes up the majority of American Muslims. [3] They mostly belong to the Sunni sect, but smaller Shia and Nation of Islam minorities also exist.
Historians have uncovered some information about Arab Americans during the American Revolutionary War, which estimates around four Arab Americans served in the Continental Army. The first Arab American to die for America was Private Nathan Badeen, a Syrian immigrant who died on May 23, 1776, just a month and a half before American independence. [7]
A comprehensive list of discriminatory acts against American Muslims might be impossible, but The Huffington Post wants to document this deplorable wave of hate using news reports and firsthand accounts.