[Aymann VO] Mary Juma settled in North Dakota in 1902. She helped build that early American mosque. "If I had my life to live over, I would have come to America sooner than I did." [Aymann VO] The ...
(RNS) — Where does the history of Muslims in America begin? With enslaved African Muslims brought to the U.S. in the 1600s? In the 1930s, when the Nation of Islam was established by Wallace Fard ...
For me, being a Muslim in the United States has meant constantly tempering others’ expectations about myself. The usual American image of a Muslim is one of extremes — extreme social and political ...
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SERIES, "AMERICAN MUSLIMS") UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: I didn't really even know about this story when I was growing up here as an adult. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: This is a story that ...
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SERIES, "AMERICAN MUSLIMS") UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: I didn't really even know about this story when I was growing up here as an adult. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: This is a story that ...
But amidst this spiritual upheaval, one group stands out: American Muslims. While often perceived as newcomers to the American religious landscape, Muslims have been woven into the nation’s fabric ...
Estimated proportion of Muslim Americans in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia as of the 2020 U.S. Religion Census One of the earliest accounts of Islam's possible presence in North America ...