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A 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center estimated that 10-13% of Muslims worldwide adhere to Shia Islam, with a global total of between 154 million and 200 million Shia Muslims. In the Americas , Pew estimated a population of just under 4.6 million Muslims overall in 2009, with a small portion of those being Shia.
On January 24, 2011, an Imperial Beach, California man named Roger Stockham was arrested and charged with terrorism after attempting to blow up the Islamic Center of America. Stockham was reported to be a convert to Sunni Islam who was targeting the Shia community, [7] and had a history of mental illness and firearms offenses. [8]
In 1994, the Islamic Center of Yuba City, in California, was destroyed by a fire set in a hate-crime, the first mosque destroyed by a hate crime in U.S. history. It had just been completed at the cost of $1.8 million plus sweat equity of the Muslims of its rural community, including descendants of Pakistan who immigrated to the area c. 1902.
Imam Abdulhakim Mohammed walks over a chalk drawing that was created for a celebration of the Islamic holiday, Eid al-Adha, at what will soon be the new Islamic Center on Montana Avenue in Tacoma ...
Formed in 1978, the Islamic Association of Greater Detroit today has about 2,000 families as members. Oakland County mosque celebrates $20 million expansion as Michigan Muslims deepen roots Skip ...
According to "Seyyed-Ruhollah Jayedi" the head of the Al-Zahra mosque: This mosque may be the first Shi'a mosque or among the first Shia mosques in America; and some other Islamic centers in the city of Los-Angeles are considered to be a branch of this mosque. Al-Zahra Mosque was built by an Iraqi businessman—named Hakim in 1990.
He founded the Islamic Cultural Center of San Diego, California. This center was the first Shia mosque established in San Diego County for religious and social events. [1] In September 1996, he founded the Islamic Educational Center of Orange County (IECOC), drawing on his experience in Islamic studies. [6] al-Qazwini's past associations have ...
This Shi'i mosque has been a place for Shia Muslims in order to meet the needs of the Los Angeles Shi'a community since its founding date. [ 8 ] According to "Seyyed-Ruhollah Jayedi" the head of the Al-Zahra mosque: This mosque may be the first Shi'a mosque or among the first Shia mosques in America; and some other Islamic centers in the city ...