For more than 1,400 years Muslims have gathered in what is today Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. To perform Hajj,
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – A two-term Cambridge, Massachusetts, city councilor and founder of an activist group that trains Muslim-Americans to run for office launched a
ANALYSIS/OPINION During one of the most memorable election cycles in recent history, one county in Maryland is adding its own twist: Three Muslim women are
There have been Muslims involved in terrorism … but they’ve also spoken out against it. From September 11, 2001, until the end of 2014, 109
They’re as religious as Christians …The general perception of Muslims has one thing right: Most Muslims are very religious. About half say they attend the
… and they’re not just clustered in big cities American Muslims live in cities big and small all across the United States. The first mosque
There were 3.3 million Muslims of all ages living in the United States in 2015, or about 1 percent of the total U.S. population, the
They’ve been here since the birth of the nation … Scholars estimate about a quarter to a third of the Africans brought to the United
They have more gender equality While in many parts of the Muslim world, women are confined to second-class status, that’s not the case among American
They’re better educated than most Americans U.S. Muslims have the second-highest level of education among major religious groups in the country; Jews have the highest.
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