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[107]: 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. [107]: 34–36 According to an article in 2001, 25,000 Americans convert to Islam per year. [108]
The American Shia Muslim community are from different parts of the world such as South Asia, Europe, Middle East, and East Africa. [16] [17] 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 ...
According to some experts, [140] Islam later gained a higher profile through the Nation of Islam, a religious group that appealed to black Americans after the 1940s; its prominent converts included Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. [141] [142] The first Muslim elected to Congress was Keith Ellison in 2006, [143] followed by André Carson in 2008. [144]
It’s a greater battle between broader America, of how tolerant and open-minded they will be about minorities, about American values, about recognizing how true they want to be to the American values of openness and freedom for all. This really isn’t that much about 2 percent of Americans. It’s actually for the 98 percent of Americans.
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is a non-profit Muslim religious organization based in the United States and serving North America.It provides a number of programs and services to North America's Muslim communities and broader societies.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Society of the Muslim Brothers جماعة الإخوان المسلمين Muslim Brotherhood logo with the Arabic word for "prepare" present under two crossed swords Leader Mohammed Badie Spokesperson Gehad El-Haddad Founder Hassan al-Banna Founded 22 March 1928 ; 96 years ago (1928-03-22) Ismailia ...
Pages in category "Islamic organizations based in the United States" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Daily Life of Arab Americans in the 21st Century (Greenwood, 2012). Alsultany, Evelyn. Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 (New York University Press, 2012). Cainkar, Louis A. Homeland insecurity: the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9/11 (Russell Sage Foundation, 2009). Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck.