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The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) is the United States largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, originally established to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. CAIR presents itself as representing mainstream, moderate Islam, and has condemned acts of terrorism and has been working in collaboration ...
Shia Muslims comprise 15-20% of Muslims in the Americas; [10] which is nearly 786,000 [11] to 2.500.000 persons in the U.S. [12] Shia Muslims are situated on United States. The American Shia Muslim community are from different parts of the world such as South Asia, Europe, Middle East, and East Africa. [13] [14]
African-American Muslims, also known as Black Muslims, are an African-American religious minority. [1] African-American Muslims account for over 20% of American Muslims. [2] They represent one of the larger Muslim populations of the United States as there is no ethnic group that makes up the majority of American Muslims. [3]
I am a professional and I work in an area that is high-paced and intense. I don’t think people usually envision a Muslim woman in that space. I think that the main challenge is having those conversations and getting people to a place where they stop seeing me just as a Muslim, but a fellow American and person of faith. Being Muslim and being ...
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the country’s largest Muslim advocacy group, organized three separate protests at various locations Biden visited Wednesday ...
Raised Baptist, converted to Islam as a teenager. [5] Ilhan Omar: Democratic: MN-05: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 27 days First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. [6] Rashida Tlaib: Democratic: MI-13: January ...
Being American, like 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was, does not protect us from the stigma of being Palestinian or Arab, Muslim and from the “Middle East.” Rather, these latter identities keep ...
The American Islamic Congress (AIC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States.AIC was founded in November 2001 by a group of American Muslims to promote tolerance following the September 11, 2001 attacks. [3]