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Islam in America

Islam is a large, growing world religion. It is one of the three accepted Abrahamic Monotheistic religions next to Christianity and Judaism. There is approximately 1 billion (or one-fifth of the world's population) Muslims in the world and approximately 5 million in the United States alone (Numan; Haddad). The majority of Muslims in the United States are immigrants, children born to Muslims in the country, and converts (Haddad; Numan). The jist is that Islam is an American religion as well. Statistics show that Islam is not foreign to America much at all. It is a growing religion in America and the number of followers has risen notably in the last half-century (Haddad). There are about 600 mosques and Islamic centers active in the United States (Haddad).