Islam in the US

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

Salaam Alaykum my brothers and sisters.
I have a question for ones especially from the US.I read some news on the net telling that nearly 20 thousand people revert to Islam every year in the US.Does anyone know tat this is true or not?Or can anyone give me a statistics about reverting people in the US.May Allah Taala rewards you all.
I really get happy when I hear someone revert to Islam.

[UmmSqueakster]

I don't think there are any accurate statistics on this or any of a number of matters related to muslims in the US. Heck, we don't even know how many muslims there are here! Some day 2 million, some say 7 million, Allahu Alem.

There are a few problems in counting muslims in the US:

1. The US Government census doesn't ask about religion. In many countries, when the government counts their people, they ask them their religion. We don't here.
2. Names. Not every muslim has a "muslim" sounding name. When people do surveys, they usually sample the population that has muslim sounding names.
3. Not everyone goes to the mosque. Or, some people go to multiple mosques. So even if every mosque counted all the people who came, it still wouldn't give the correct number.
4. Not everyone converts in a mosque. So even if every mosque recorded how many people converted, it still wouldn't be an accurate number.


I will say that I do see a dozen people or so enter islam that I witness personally.

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

So you haven't heard a newspaper article or something like that.Thanks anyway.
May Allah be pleased with you.

[UmmSqueakster]

The point of my post was that even if I did give you an article, the statistics would not be accurate. People throw numbers around about converts all the time, but I've never been able to find an accurate source for them.

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[Islamic Brother]

Wallahi you guys i wish 7 million people really did convert to islam every year in the us........but i dont think what you read was accurate , yasin

i have two american muslim friends in school and they are better muslims than some of my arab friends .....

Al slam 3leikom ya gma3a

[Islamic Brother]

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[Islamic Brother]

SORRY ABOUT THE POST ABOVE I WAS TRYING TO INSERT A PICTURE.
staff.xu.edu/~tan/images/islam/allah.jpg

[UmmSqueakster]

I don't think newbies can post pictures, since we had a recent epidemic of porn spammers.

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

Wallahi you guys i wish 7 million people really did convert to islam every year in the us........but i dont think what you read was accurate , yasin

i have two american muslim friends in school and they are better muslims than some of my arab friends .....

Al slam 3leikom ya gma3a

:sl:
Mashaallah Alhamdulillah
Bro may Allah be pleased with you.
In some cases reverts are luckier to see the beauty of islamic life than muslim-born muslims.Because they know the two way.
:thumbs_up

[Islamic Brother]

I don't think newbies can post pictures, since we had a recent epidemic of porn spammers.

ASTAGHFAR ALLAH AL HAZIM

I REALLY HATE THOSE PERVERTED PEOPLE

IT MAKES ME WANT PUNCH THEM :raging:

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

ASTAGHFAR ALLAH AL HAZIM

I REALLY HATE THOSE PERVERTED PEOPLE

IT MAKES ME WANT PUNCH THEM :raging:

:sl:
I said revert not pervert.I thought convert is the same with revert.
And I think there is a huge misunderstanding.

[Na7lah]

i don;t know bout the number of people who accept islam
but here we have atleast 2 reverts a month walhamdulillah

actually there are mooore sisters who are reverting then there are brothers :D

[waji]

:sl:

I just want to raise a question
How many Muslims leave islam??

We care alot of new reverts but what about weak iman muslims or those weak reverts, who leave islam

:w:

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

:sl:
Well of course living an islamic life is important.
I think the most important thing for a muslim is having اخلص in his doings-doing things for only gaining Allah swt 's رضا.

[جوري]

I have posted two news programs here about 20,000 converts a year, it is true, I am not sure how to retrieve it though..

:w:

[Aurora]

:sl:

I just want to raise a question
How many Muslims leave islam??

We care alot of new reverts but what about weak iman muslims or those weak reverts, who leave islam

:w:

Getting figures on that would be pretty difficult. There is still great mistreatment of apostates in many Muslim majority countries, and the fear of being disowned by your own family would probably keep many in the closet about their conversion.

[جوري]

Getting figures on that would be pretty difficult. There is still great mistreatment of apostates in many Muslim majority countries, and the fear of being disowned by your own family would probably keep many in the closet about their conversion.

Have you run a double blind study on the mistreatment of apostates and the repudiation by their families or just want to get your two cents down?.

[Whatsthepoint]

I have posted two news programs here about 20,000 converts a year, it is true, I am not sure how to retrieve it though..
:w:

The usual proedure is to click search - advanced search - search by user name (skye..) - type in keywords (converts etc).
Aynway, 20,000 is the most commonly used number for Muslim converts, though if I'm not wrong it includes all converts, Sunnis, Shias, Nation of Islam etc.

[جوري]

Had to rummage through 67 pages.. be that as it may, here it is
http://www.islamicboard.com/world-af...tml#post819991

and no that doesn't include NOI or shiites.. shiites make up 10% of Muslims anyway.. which is very negligible.. Mosques that keeps tally of converts in the U.S state that 99% are sunni.. the other one percent are surprisingly interested in sufism.. and no I am not going to spend another 38 mins doing another search!

cheers

[جوري]

NBC NEWS:20000 americans Convert To ISLAM Each Year!
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/2PS2creVhaM



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Yusuf Estes - Priests and Preachers accepting Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/E6K0627FiCk



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Many Latinos Convert Daily To ISLAM .. Live From Venezuela!
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/1XyrxzQIN9w

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Every day many Germans convert to ISLAM :
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/34kjurzK500

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Holland TV:ISLAM fastest spreading Faith among Youth Germans
www.youtube.com/watch/v/WAXXN6XOnzQ

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Thousands of Danish convert to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/kru6XQ8CT48

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TV Report Thousands Hispanics Converting To ISLAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/yDwGsmTx3D4

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German Scientist & his wife,clinic assistant convert 2 islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/uP-2IqH_l4c

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European Scientist converts to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/0IspK651RpY

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Dr. Ian Weber from England converts to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/gUZR6XwU8Pw

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science students turn to islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/y3_JYk4Bo4Y

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TV_ReportChristians Convert To ISLAM in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/Dhu0eEuIsGg

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Turning Muslim in Texas - People reverting to Islam in Texas
http://video.google.com/videoplay...

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Angela Collins - Muslim Convert weeks after 9/11 Incident
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/j6PJgJdEzNM

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NEW MUSLIM Woman from austrailia CONVERT :
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/-baqULx5IBU

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The Choice - A Story of New American Muslim Convert
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/CML3CRPMefA

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Irish and "loving Islam" Convert to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/dIc5oFAva-4

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Jewish To Islam convert
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/KcBiJnLjwVw

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Changes after Islam

www.youtube.com/watch/v/IlOuITPE6kE
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/1qpQvpmEqkc

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Why do they accept the Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/aJ3TGAnFc-U

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135 Convert to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/36Glj_FAGcw



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Convert to Islam from Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/uKPer2fma9U

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Revert to Islam - Brian From Christianity (Convert to Islam)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/bI_YVnD9UvI

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Many Jew and Christian Families Convert To ISLAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/84ZtVLI5kXM

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British Catholic Priest Converted To ISLAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/pn0iPlWQNlI

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Greece Men Convert to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/IlAjkuECrHc

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Orange
Dubai, UAE Reply »
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MUCH MORE IN HERE

Convert to Islam from Hinduism
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/zePqNxz895U

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Christian Convert to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/HDkW2Y35mKQ

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Twenty two/22 Brothers and sisters convert to (Islam)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/XQBn6loQTdY

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Two british Women of different colours convert to Islam
www.youtube.com/watch/v/uEfMcPQfv7w

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German convert to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/9U1zNXXQA6Q

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Three French Sisters Convert To ISLAM :
www.youtube.com/watch/v/JiksSo0lwL4

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Sister Yvonne Ridley Becomes Muslim Islam Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/aOe5s5hP4Gw

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WHY Christians German Lady convert to ISLAM, SEE VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/afFv22Wsd5A

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Germany Convert To ISLAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/os4vUxfJizU

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Jerome - How I wrestled my way to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/b2YZGGDGUWE

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The story of a German convert to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/gjRjzTAk-RQ

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Revert to Islam - Abdus Salam (Convert to Islam)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/VqlilLIQJRE

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Revert to Islam - Maryam Noor (Convert From Christianity)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/ig0N9aRT0Hc

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Germans convert to Islam on german TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/nFqj3xPKc88

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TV Report Rechtsanwalt konvertiert zum ISLAM :
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/_4LrIv6kK9o

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JoleneA Southern Baptist Converts to Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/RHQOx12-WJU

[Whatsthepoint]

Had to rummage through 67 pages.. be that as it may, here it is
http://www.islamicboard.com/world-af...tml#post819991

and no that doesn't include NOI or shiites.. shiites make up 10% of Muslims anyway.. which is very negligible.. Mosques that keeps tally of converts in the U.S state that 99% are sunni.. the other one percent are surprisingly interested in sufism.. and no I am not going to spend another 38 mins doing another search!

cheers

I think you may have got the wrong link..
Nation of Islam has plenty of mosques, they claim to be Muslims, they keep a record of their converts etc... so I don't see a reason why their converts should be excluded from an independent study about Muslim converts in the US?
Nation of Islam gets plenty of converts, especially blacks.

[جوري]

I think you may have got the wrong link..
Nation of Islam has plenty of mosques, they claim to be Muslims, they keep a record of their converts etc... so I don't see a reason why their converts should be excluded from an independent study about Muslim converts in the US?
Nation of Islam gets plenty of converts, especially blacks.

simple-- because they are not Muslims duh.. also I have already included a page full of links, with the first vid directly related to the number queried!

cheers

[Whatsthepoint]

simple-- because they are not Muslims duh.. also I have already included a page full of links, with the first vid directly related to the number queried!

cheers

They are for an independent observer.

[جوري]

I am as an independent an observer as they get.. it doesn't impact me one way or the other if there were 10 Muslims in the world or 6 billion.. each soul is held in pledge by its own deeds, it isn't a communal effort!

cheers

[islam lover]

i dont know

but i hope that is true

[Orn]

^ may Allah S.W.T reward you sister

and about the muslims who leave Islam, It really hurts me to say this but the majority of the muslims who leaves Islam are those who were born into a Muslim family but they took Islam for granted not knowing how blessed are they,everyone is to blame here I guess,us for not telling them about the straight path and blessings of it afterwards,the parents ignoring their child in many ways and also the person being ignorant(but thats just normal for a human being)

[layla is here]

I don't think there are any accurate statistics on this or any of a number of matters related to muslims in the US. Heck, we don't even know how many muslims there are here! Some day 2 million, some say 7 million, Allahu Alem.

There are a few problems in counting muslims in the US:

1. The US Government census doesn't ask about religion. In many countries, when the government counts their people, they ask them their religion. We don't here.
2. Names. Not every muslim has a "muslim" sounding name. When people do surveys, they usually sample the population that has muslim sounding names.
3. Not everyone goes to the mosque. Or, some people go to multiple mosques. So even if every mosque counted all the people who came, it still wouldn't give the correct number.
4. Not everyone converts in a mosque. So even if every mosque recorded how many people converted, it still wouldn't be an accurate number.


I will say that I do see a dozen people or so enter islam that I witness personally.

assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
Good points. I did not think of those before.

[layla is here]

:sl:
Well of course living an islamic life is important.
I think the most important thing for a muslim is having اخلص in his doings-doing things for only gaining Allah swt 's رضا.

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
What does اخلص mean?

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

:w: sis
اخلص is an arabic word.It means doing something because Allah swt wants it that way. If there is اخلص in something then there is no hypocrisy and lie or arrogance in it.For example if you help someone with something you should do it only to please Allah and to gain His admiration.If you help for people's admiration or applause there is no اخلص in it.اخلص is very important for a Muslim.

[yasin ibn Ahmad]

in short it is sincerety. here is a link to an article about it
http://www.nur.gen.tr/en.html#leftme...Ad=The+Flashes

[islamirama]

Muslim social scientists and researchers have spent a great deal of time trying to determine the number of Muslims in the United States. Most accept the estimate of from 5 million to 8 million. That is to say at least 5 million people in North America claim Islam as their religion and/or practice. What is represented in this report is based on estimates made in 1991, the World Almanac reports that Muslim in the United States number approximately 5,220,00. The total worldwide Muslim population is generally estimated at slightly more that 1 billion. David Barrett's publication, "International Bulletin of Missionary Research" cites a lower figure, 988,004,000

http://www.islam101.com/history/population2_usa.html

[MARTYR]

Wallahi you guys i wish 7 million people really did convert to islam every year in the us........but i dont think what you read was accurate , yasin

i have two american muslim friends in school and they are better muslims than some of my arab friends .....

Al slam 3leikom ya gma3a

If it was in the Sun newspaper;;
Then it must be true;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Martyr