What has happened to Iowa??? Detroit, I understand. Minnesota, I understand. But Iowa?
You have to remember that Cedar Rapids has the longest standing mosque in the USA. It’s called the Mother Mosque and has been there since 1934.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Mosque_of_America
The first one was built in 1929 in Ross, SD but it was torn down.
According to this wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States
“While an estimated 10%[2] of the slaves brought to colonial America from Africa arrived as Muslims,[3] Islam was stringently suppressed on plantations.[4]
From the 1880s to 1914, several thousand Muslims immigrated to the United States from the former territories of the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire.[5]”
Why they started coming over in the 1880s onward and who encouraged them to do so is unknown. Why they decided to settle in South Dakota and Iowa is another good question with no answer.
But don’t forget there is a 6,000 seat mosque in Washington, DC that was conceived of in 1944 and completed construction in 1954 and dedicated by Ike in 1957.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Center_of_Washington
I went to Drake University, from 1967-1971, and while the suburbs and rural areas were still very Conservative, I could easily see the tons’ and cities’ gov’ts becoming infiltrated by leftists, hippies and radicals. Back in 1991 just for the 20yr reunion, Drake had been expanded and radicalized so much, it was unrecognizable. Haven’t been back since.
...The Iowa Legislature started just over a week ago and some people were upset before the first issue was every addressed. When the session began, a Muslim Imam began the prayer in the Iowa Legislature. This is where the controversy begins. The prayer asked of “Victory over those who disbelieve,” and “Protection from the great Satan” among other things...