Islam in the United States: Difference between revisions

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==Muslim History in the US==

As with many religious communities in the [[United States]], the history of [[Islam]] begins with [[immigration]]. According to some estimates, up to 30 percent of the slaves brought to the U.S. may have been Muslim [http://news.genealogytoday.com/inbox/2004/gweek0716.html]. Two of the most well-known Muslim slaves were [[Abdn ar-Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Suri]] and [['Umar Ibn Said]]. In [[1888]], [[Alexander Russell Webb]] was one of the first Anglo-Americans to embrace Islam. Today, many African-American Muslims have joined the fold of Islam through their membership in the [[Nation of Islam]].

Large-scale migration to the U.S. from the Muslim world began in [[1893]]. The immigrants included Syrian, Lebanese, Jordanian, and Palestinian Muslims. As the Muslim population grew, they began to establish Islamic [[institutions]], such as mosques and Islamic schools.

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Although the first [[mosque]] was built in the US in [[1915]], relatively few mosques were built before the 1960s. 87% of the US mosques were founded within the last three decades, according to the Faith Communities Today (FACT) survey.

In June 2003 analysts have reported to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary a growing radical Islamic [[Wahhabi]] influence in US Mosques financed by Islamic extremists groups.[http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/2003_h/030626-schwartz.htm]

==Demography and Ethnic Background==

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There are also groups of [[progressive Muslim]]s who press for even more accomodations to the surrounding society.

=== Muslim disafection and disloyalty towards the United States===

A number of counter terrorist analysts such as [[Daniel Pipes]] [http://www.danielpipes.org/article/1009], [[Steven Emerson]][http://iona.ghandchi.com/emerson.htm] and [[Robert Spencer]][http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19415] have reported that a segment of the US muslim population exhibit symptoms of disaffection and disloyality towards the US as is demonstrated in numerous Muslim related events captured on video .Video of [http://www.intelligencesummit.org/news/GW1.php Muslims in the US pledging disloyalty and desecrating of the US Flag].

===Muslim Population in the US===

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* [[Jeffrey Lang]], author.

* [[Yahiya Emerick]], author.

* [[Seyyed Hossein Nasr]], scholar

==Islamic traditions in the US==

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*[[Timeline of Islamic history]]

*[[List of Islamic and Muslim related topics]]

*[[List of Iranian Americans]]

== External links ==

===Video===

* a video of [http://www.intelligencesummit.org/news/GW1.php Muslims in the US pledging disloyalty and desecrating of the US Flag]

===Organizations===