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African-American Muslims, also known as Black Muslims, are an African-American religious minority. [1] 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 ]
In 1990, the Islamic population was about 140,000 with more recent figures putting the current number of Muslims between 350,000 and 400,000 as of 2012. [77] The Association of Religion Data Archives estimated there were 313,209 Muslims as of 2020. [75] Texas is the fifth-largest Muslim-populated state in the country. [78]
Operated by the Muslim American Society (MAS), it occupies an 11-acre (4.5 ha) tract with a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2) mosque building that is two stories tall. [32] In September 2006 the Katy Islamic Society purchased the tract for $1.1 million ($1662528.89 according to inflation).
Writer-educator Zainab Karim and “Temple Folk” author Aaliyah Bilal discuss the bittersweetness of the Black American Muslim experience. “Are you […] The post Sister to Sister: Two Black ...
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.
Seeking to restore black manhood, [152] the Nation expresses great concern regarding the emasculation of black men, attributing this attitude to the failure of black men to prevent the sexual assault of black women by white men over the centuries. [153] It expects men to be providers for their family. [154]
Subsequently, the word has evolved in meaning and now usually denotes a Muslim woman's veil. [2] In English, the term refers predominantly to the head covering for women and its underlying religious precepts. [3] [4] Not all Muslims believe the hijab is mandated in Islam. [5] [6] [7]
Ava Muhammad (November 9,1951 – 25 August 2022) [1] was an American Black Muslim. In 1998 she became the first female Minister to preside over a mosque and region in the history of the Nation of Islam (NOI).