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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]
Raised Baptist, converted to Islam as a teenager. [5] Ilhan Omar: Democratic: MN-05: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 15 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 ...
They very much had a vision that Muslims in America should embrace their dual identities and that there was no contradiction between being Muslim and American. I’ve also been encouraged by those moments of vulnerabilities by other racial and ethnic groups who stood with us in those moments of need and moments of vulnerabilities.
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]
Muslim American Public Affairs Council; Muslim American Society; Muslim Association of Hawaii; Muslim Consumer Group; Muslim Legal Fund of America; Muslim Mosque, Inc.
Muslim community leaders from several swing states pledged to withdraw support for U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday at a conference in suburban Detroit, citing his refusal to call for a ...
The Arab American Institute and other groups have noted that there was a rise in hate crimes targeting the Arab American community as well as people perceived as Arab/Muslim after the September 11 attacks and the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq.