What events and figures have shaped the development of the Islam in the United States?
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What events and figures have shaped the development of the Islam in the United States?
Is it developed ?
John Esposito, director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, believes the current Muslim population to be “about four to six million.” (In 2001)
The figure may be even higher, according to a recent study sponsored by four American Islamic organizations.
Whatever the case, “continuing immigration and the relatively large size of many Muslim families” will sustain the growth, Esposito commented. “Within a matter of decades Islam will be the second-largest religion in America.” Attendance at mosques, says the Times, was found to be “overwhelmingly male.” The study also showed that “worshipers were ethnically diverse: one-third are South Asian, 30 percent African-American, 25 percent Arab.”
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