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To: Mrs. Don-o

BTW the majority Muslims in US are not immigrants from middle east or South Asia. They are mostly Afro-Americans converts.


38 posted on 02/07/2007 9:10:03 PM PST by Gengis Khan
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To: Gengis Khan
"BTW the majority Muslims in US are not immigrants from middle east or South Asia. They are mostly Afro-Americans converts."

Do you have a source for that? According to "American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion," by Paul Barrett,:

"People of South Asian descent — those with roots in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan — make up 34 percent of American Muslims ... Arab-Americans constitute 26 percent, while another 20 percent are native-born American blacks, most of whom are converts. The remaining 20 percent come from Africa, Iran, Turkey and elsewhere."

Thus 80% of US Muslims are immigrants or children of immigrants; and 20% are African-American.

41 posted on 02/08/2007 8:05:24 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (What does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God)
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