Islam in the US

Skye Ephémérine said:
Had to rummage through 67 pages.. be that as it may, here it is
http://www.islamicboard.com/world-affairs/49134-9-11-brought-americans-closer-islam.html#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
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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.
 
Whatsthepoint said:
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.
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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
 
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
 
^ 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)
 
Janaan said:
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.
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assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
Good points. I did not think of those before.
 
yasin ibn Ahmad said:
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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.
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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
What does اخلص mean?
 
: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.
 
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
 
Islamic Brother said:
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
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If it was in the Sun newspaper;;
Then it must be true;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Martyr
 

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