[4] According to a 2017 study done by the Institute for Social Policy, “American Muslims are the only faith community surveyed with no majority race, with 25 percent black, 24 percent white, 18 percent Asian, 18 percent Arab, 7 percent mixed race, and 5 percent Hispanic”.[5]. [148] According to FBI statistics, hate crimes against Muslims are rare, at 6.0 per 100,000, compared to blacks at 6.7, homosexuals and bisexuals at 11.5, and Jews at 14.8. Several wrote captivity narratives of their experiences that gave most Americans their first view of the Arab World and Muslim ways, and newspapers often commented on them. What is the Threat to the United States Today? The church hosts Muslim prayers, attracting hundreds of worshipers each week. Muslim In America The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. [1][101] A Pew Forum report on American religion found that Muslims accounted for 0.9% of American adults in 2014, up from 0.4% in 2007, due largely to immigration. [145], As of May 30, 2005, over 15,000 Muslims were serving in the United States Armed Forces. [178], The July 2005 Pew survey also showed that 59% of American adults view Islam as "very different from their religion," down one percentage point from 2003. It is under the leadership of Islamic Scholars. This has been a 23-year process of religious reorientation and organizational decentralization, in the course of which the group was known by other names, such as the American Muslim Mission, W.Deen Mohammed guided its members to the practice of mainstream Islam such as salat or fasting, and teaching the basic creed of Islam the shahadah. Terrorism that involved Muslim perpetrators began in the United States with the 1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, followed by the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City. Constitutionalists promoted religious toleration while Anticonstitutionalists called for reliance on Protestant values in the formation of the state's republican government. In order to achieve its goals, IANA uses a number of means and methods including conventions, general meetings, dawah-oriented institutions and academies, etc. Islamic k-12 schools typically teach tawhid, or belief that God is the creator and sustainer of the universe; ilm, the imperative to seek knowledge; and ta’lim, and specific teaching about the Qur’an and ahadith. [192] Some of these acts were against Muslims living in America. In the same survey 55% had a favorable opinion of Muslim Americans, up four percentage points from 51% in July 2003. [35], A Greek/Syrian convert to Islam, Phillip Tedro (a name he reverted to later in life), born in Smyrna, who renamed himself Hajj Ali, 'Ali who made the pilgrimage to Mecca,' (commonly spelled as "Hi Jolly") was hired by the United States Cavalry in 1856 to tend camels in Arizona and California. [59], Small-scale migration to the U.S. by Muslims began in 1840, with the arrival of Yemenis and Turks,[45] and lasted until World War I. Ahmadi Muslims were among the earliest Muslim missionaries in America, the first being Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, and between 1921 and 1925 alone they converted over 1000 people to Islam. In 1857, he produced his last known writing on Surah 110 of the Quran. [45] Like many Muslim slaves, he often encountered impediments when attempting to perform religious rituals and was eventually allotted a private location for prayer by his master. Mr. Mr. Muhammad unaccountably vanished without a trace in 1934, but in the meantime he passed on his message to Elijah Muhammad, who ran the Nation of Islam for 40 years, until his death in 1975. 54% believe that the U.S. government's anti-terrorism activities single out Muslims. [92]:31–32 Soon after, indigenous 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. On the 9th anniversary of 9/11, the fault lines between the US and the Muslim world seem to have expanded. California has more mosques than any other state. "Now the kids are not being educated about other people. The North American Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities Organization (NASIMCO) is the largest umbrella group for North American Shias.[83]. Many Hispanic converts were former Christians. Various institutions and organizations have given widely varying estimates about how many Muslims live in the U.S. Tom W. Smith, author of "Estimating the Muslim Population in the United States", said that of twenty estimates he reviewed during a five-year period until 2001, none was "based on a scientifically-sound or explicit methodology. However, in South America, the Muslim population is mainly composed of upper-class immigrants from the Levant, including those from Lebanon and Syria. Non-denominational Muslims, do not have any specific affiliation with a religious body and usually describe themselves as being "just a Muslim". [72] However, today the group has a wide influence in the African American community. ICNA describes itself as a non-ethnic, open to all, independent, North America-wide, grass-roots organization. The association recognizes the leadership of Warith Deen Mohammed. He also suggests many non-Muslim slaves were acquainted with some tenets of Islam, due to Muslim trading and proselytizing activities. Some private Islamic schools in the United States cater to specific ethnic and/or cultural communities. Most slaves who tried to maintain Islamic religious practices after their arrival were forcibly converted to Christianity. [105][106], Since the arrival of South Asian and Arab communities during the 1990s there has been divisions with the African Americans due to the racial and cultural differences; however, since September 11, 2001, the two groups joined together when the immigrant communities looked towards the African Americans for advice on civil rights.[107]. The majority of its members are African Americans. There had been an average of six cases per year since 2001, but that rose to 13 in 2009. [139] Citing the Zogby survey, a 2005 Wall Street Journal editorial by Bret Stephens and Joseph Rago expressed the tendency of American Muslims to report employment in professional fields, with one in three having an income over $75,000 a year. He is viewed as the first person to start the movement among African Americans towards Sunni Islam. 24% or one in four US-born Muslims are non-denominational, versus 10% of immigrant Muslims. Religious Groups, Muslims Seen as Facing More Discrimination", "Muslims report rising disrcrimination at work", "Hate-Crime Statistics Deflate 'Islamophobia' Myth", "Insignias and Plaques – Chaplains Corps", "American Muslim Poll 2018: Key Findings | ISPU", Islamic Society of North America Official Website, "Islamic Circle of North America Official Website", "Why Islam? [26] He is known to have fasted during the month of Ramadan, worn a fez and kaftan, and observed the Muslim feasts, in addition to consistently performing the five obligatory prayers. Surat Al-Mulk from the Qur'an copied by Omar ibn Said. In a 2017 Survey done by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, only 15% of American Muslims wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 presidential election, compared to 54% wanting Hillary Clinton to win. [24] He maintained several correspondences with President George Washington. In 1790, the South Carolina legislative body granted special legal status to a community of Moroccans. The frequency of receiving answers to prayers among Muslims was, 31% at least once a week and 12% once or twice a month. [219], The first American Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison, created controversy when he compared President George W. Bush's actions after the September 11, 2001 attacks to Adolf Hitler's actions after the Nazi-sparked Reichstag fire, saying that Bush was exploiting the aftermath of 9/11 for political gain, as Hitler had exploited the Reichstag fire to suspend constitutional liberties. [164][165] This sect, however, is considered heretical by mainstream Muslims and not considered a part of the Ummah, or worldwide community of Muslims. Regarding the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, Muslims are the least likely to approve of him across all faith groups including non affiliated Americans. The first Million Man March took place in Washington, D.C. in 1995 and was followed later by another one in 2000 which was smaller in size but more inclusive, welcoming individuals other than just African American men. Overview of the role of the Islam in the United States, American Muslims' views of the United States, American Muslim life after the September 11 attacks, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, Robert Battistini, "Glimpses of the Other before Orientalism: The Muslim World in Early American Periodicals, 1785–1800,", "Savages of the Seas: Barbary Captivity Tales and Images of Muslims in the Early Republic,". [71] He left the NOI after being silenced for 90 days (due to a controversial comment on the John F. Kennedy assassination), and proceeded to form Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity before his pilgrimage to Mecca and conversion to Sunni Islam. [202], While the seeming increase in cases may be alarming, half "involve single individuals, while the rest represent ‘tiny conspiracies,’ " according to Congressional testimony. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Islam in America (Columbia Contemporary American … The International Museum of Muslim Cultures in Jackson, Mississippi opened in early 2001. Muslims have lived in America since before there was an English colony at Jamestown. "[222] However, the district's superintendent, Tom Smyth, said too much school time was being taken to celebrate holidays already, and he sent a directive to his principals requesting that they "tone down" activities unrelated to the curriculum, such as holiday parties. The mosque accommodates more than 3,000 people. [113][114][115][116], The household income levels of American Muslims are about as evenly distributed as the general American population. [209] While the Boston Marathon bombing had a high injury toll, only four deaths were counted by the group, and the group's count of only deaths from violent extremism showed that since 9/11, 48 people had been killed by anti-government extremists, compared to 28 by Jihadists. This richly documented and fascinating analysis provides a powerful challenge to stereotypes that exclude Islam from the orbit of 'the West.' After the September 11 attacks and the start of the Afghanistan war in 2001, there was concern about the potential radicalization of American Muslims. The Nation of Islam has received a great deal of criticism for its anti-white, anti-Christian, and anti-semitic teachings,[74] and is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [210] There are reported incidents in which Muslim cashiers have refused to sell pork products to their clientele.[211]. [99][100], According to a Pew Forum estimate, in 2017 there were 3.45 million Muslims, constituting about 1.1% of the total U.S. population,[2] compared with 70.6% who follow Christianity, 22.8% unaffiliated, 1.9% Judaism, 0.7% Buddhism, and 0.7% Hinduism. [3], Most Muslims in the former British Caribbean came from the Indian subcontinent as laborers following the abolition of slavery. Franklin wrote that "even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service". "[153] Additionally, Muslim American women, Arabs, and people between the ages of 18-29 are the most likely to say they experienced religious discrimination. The six states with the greatest number of mosques were: New York 257, California 246, Texas 166, Florida 118, Illinois 109, New Jersey 109. Islam is the third largest religion in the United States, after Christianity and Judaism. [14][15][98], According to CAIR, no scientific count of Muslims in the U.S. has been done and the larger figures should be considered accurate. Muslim slaves in America were quite significant in number, probably reaching into the thousands. [118], Among South Asians in the country, the large Pakistani American community stands out as particularly well educated and prosperous, with education and income levels exceeding those of U.S.-born whites. He had converted to Islam while serving his last jail sentence in prison, and went to Pakistan where he was recruited into Al-Qaeda. [14][15] In 2009, more than 115,000 Muslims became legal residents of the United States. Of the total who have converted, 59% are African American and 34% white. The officer, being sympathetic, sent a courier to Gen. Croxton at his headquarters in Tuscaloosa asking permission to save the Rotunda, but the general refused to allow this. [41] Scores of Muslim immigrants were turned away at U.S. ports in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. According to a recent 2018 poll by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, "A higher proportion of Muslims (61%) than any other faith group (or the non-affiliated groups) report experiencing some frequency of religious discrimination in the past year (compared to 48% of Jews, 29% of white Evangelicals, and less than 25% of all other groups). [122], 45 percent of immigrant Muslims report annual household income levels of $50,000 or higher. [40], In the 1891 Supreme Court case In re Ross, the Court referred to “the intense hostility of the people of Muslim faith to all other sects, and particularly to Christians". Immigrant Muslims are well represented among higher-income earners, with 19 percent having annual household incomes of $100,000 or higher (compared to 16 percent for the Muslim population as a whole and 17 percent for the U.S. average). This movement was founded by Rashad Khalifa. Today an estimated 3.45 million Muslims in America are living in a climate of hostility, their faith distorted by violent extremists on one end and an anti-Muslim movement on the other. Although practicing Muslims at the time of their arrival, Christian missionaries sought to covert slaves to Christianity and were mostly successful. [31], Estimates ranging from a dozen to two hundred and ninety-two Muslims served in the Union military during the American Civil War,[32] including Private Mohammad Khan, who was born in Persia, raised in Afghanistan, and emigrated to the United States. [91] More successful in converting Americans to Islam was Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, who established a mission in Chicago in 1920. His Army records state that he died in Brownsville, Tennessee, in 1882. In 2015 four U.S. Marines were killed and three injured in Chattanooga, Tennessee by a twenty four-year-old Kuwaiti man,[212] a naturalized US citizen with an engineering degree.[213]. Most of the immigrants, from Arab areas of the Ottoman Empire, came with the purpose of making money and returning to their homeland. Many Hispanic converts in Houston said that they often had been mistaken as of being of Pakistani or Middle Eastern descent, due to their religion. Typically Islamic schools integrate religious knowledge throughout the curricula, incorporate prayer into their daily schedules, require modest dress, and serve halal food. About 60 percent believed US Muslims were as patriotic as others, while 38 percent they were not.The study also found that a big majority of Americans - 74 percent - accepted there was "a lot" of bigotry against Muslims existed. Other acts were against those accused of being Muslims, such as Sikhs, and people of Arabian and South-Asian backgrounds[192] A publication in Journal of Applied Social Psychology found evidence that the number of anti-Muslim attacks in America in 2001 increased from 354 to 1,501 following 9/11. ISPU writes that, “Though at a lower rate, the majority of Americans (55%) say that most Muslims living in the United States are committed to the well-being of America.”[185], According to a research by the New America foundation and the American Muslim Initiative found in 2018, 56 percent of Americans believed Islam was compatible with American values and 42 percent said it was not. Research on Muslim Americans themselves supports neither of these assumptions. Islam in America (Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series) - Kindle edition by Smith, Jane I.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Conversely, 23% of American Muslims were converts, including 8% from historically black Protestant traditions, 6% from being unaffiliated, 4% from Catholicism, and 3% from mainline or evangelical Protestantism. Muslims And Christians Find Unity In a Washington, D.C. church, Muslims and Christians have found a common bond. Known as the Bilali Document, it is currently housed at the University of Georgia in Athens. [48], Omar Ibn Said (c. 1770–1864) is among the best documented examples of a practicing-Muslim slave. is a community outreach project of ICNA;[156][157] it seeks to provide accurate information about Islam[158] while debunking popular stereotypes and common misconceptions through various services and outreach activities.[159][160]. [34] Another Muslim soldier from the Civil War was Max Hassan, an African who worked for the military as a porter. In the 2000 Presidential election, nearly 80 percent of Muslim Americans supported Republican candidate George W. Bush over Democratic candidate Al Gore. Still others have worked to invite interfaith dialogue and improved relations between Muslim and non-Muslim Americans. The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport authority has threatened to revoke the operating authority of any driver caught discriminating in this manner. ISPU found in 2017 that, “23% of Muslim Americans increased their giving to organizations associated with their faith community and 18% joined, donated to, or volunteered at a civic organizations for the first time as a result of the 2016 national elections.[136]. [103] and according to Pew Research, the number of American converts to Islam is roughly equal to the number of American Muslims who leave the religion. In fact, Islam has a long history in America, going back to the earliest days of the country's founding. Views of Islam in America affected debates regarding freedom of religion during the drafting of the state constitution of Pennsylvania in 1776. Among the 28% who doubted that Arab Muslims were behind the conspiracy, one-fourth said the U.S. government or President George W. Bush was responsible. [64] Many Ahmadi Muslims fled countries like Pakistan due to persecution in recent times. [183], A 2016 poll found that on average; Americans believed that 17% of the US population was Muslim and that this number would rise to 23% by 2020. [151][152], Despite the work that Muslim Americans have done to normalize their faith practices in America and establish themselves within the society, discrimination and islamophobia continue to serve as obstacle to true integration. Policies regarding immigration and airport security have also impacted Muslim American Lives after 9/11, with Muslims being twice as likely as any other faith group surveyed to be stopped at the border for additional screening. "I only wanted them modified to represent everyone," the Chicago Sun-Times quoted her as saying. The founders of MSA would later establish the Islamic Society of North America and Islamic Circle of North America. The views were generally negative. Islam in the African-American Experience. After the death of Elijah Muhammad, he was succeeded by his son, Warith Deen Mohammed. Examples of such small branches include progressive Muslims, Mahdavi Muslims and Ibadi Muslims. Assia … [10], The population of Muslims varies across the Americas. [81], An estimated 386,000 Shia Muslims live in the United States. [36][37] Hajj Ali died in 1903. In 1863, Said enlisted in the 55th Massachusetts Colored Regiment in the United States Army and rose to the rank of sergeant. None of these sources gave any basis for their figures. Although he was initially well received by many, his subsequent claims of divine inspiration caused friction between him and others, and he was assassinated in 1990. The Islamic Supreme Council of America (ISCA) is a small organization representing Sufi teachings, which, according to adherents, is the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. For example, the anti-Federalists compared a strong central government to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the American army to Turkish Janissaries, arguing against a strong central government. In 2000, Dearborn, Michigan, ranked second with 29,181, and Los Angeles ranked third with 25,673; although Paterson, New Jersey, in the New York City Metropolitan Area, was estimated to have become home to 25,000 to 30,000 Muslims as of 2011. Richard Brent Turner (2003), The Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America Chapter XXV – "A Holy Covenant of the Asiatic Nation", Section 2: Religious Beliefs and Practices, Pew Research Center, Deconstructing the American Mosque: Space, Gender, and Aesthetics, p. 145, Akel Ismail Kahera (2010), Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. Among those over the age of 30, just 6% expressed their support for the same. He said they practiced the "Old Time Religion" of Islamism but he also drew inspiration from Mohammedanism, Buddhism, Christianity, Gnosticism, and Taoism. Organizations such as the American Muslim Council are actively engaged in upholding human and civil rights for all Americans. Islamic populations are 0.6% of the US population per Fareed Zakaria quoting Pew Research Center, 2010. [82] They originate from South Asia, Europe, Middle East, and East Africa. [198][199] While 51% of American Muslims express worry that women wearing hijab will be treated poorly, 44% of American Muslim women who always wear hijab express a similar concern. This is likely due to the strong concentration of Muslims in professional, managerial, and technical fields, especially in information technology, education, medicine, law, and the corporate world. Conversion to Islam in large cities[6] has also contributed to its growth over the years as well as its influence on black culture and hip-hop music. It was the successor organization to the Nation of Islam, once better-known as the Black Muslims. The third largest group is the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). [147] While Muslims constitute less than one percent of the American population, they accounted for approximately one quarter of the religious discrimination claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during 2009. [112], In many areas, a mosque may be dominated by whatever group of immigrants is the largest. [34], During the American Civil war, the "scorched earth" policy of the North destroyed churches, farms, schools, libraries, colleges, and a great deal of other property. Among the recorded names of American soldiers are "Yusuf ben Ali" (a member of the Turks of South Carolina community), "Bampett Muhamed"[21] and possibly Peter Salem.[22][23]. By 2008, Democratic candidate Barack Obama got 67% to 90% of the Muslim vote depending on region. Below is the percentage of every American country that was Muslim in 2010, according to a Pew Research Center estimate:[11], "A new estimate of U.S. Muslim population", "New estimates show U.S. Muslim population continues to grow", https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173718/http://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf, "Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Islam_in_the_Americas&oldid=994344455, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 December 2020, at 06:18. [141], Growing Muslim populations have caused public agencies to adapt to their religious practices. The Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 caused 280 injuries, and nothing the. Cultures in Jackson, Mississippi opened in early 2001 10 years ago enlisted in the Iranian immigrant,... Diallo and Omar Ibn Said groups in the 55th Massachusetts Colored Regiment in new... 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