Why does Islam spread quickly in America?

Mohammed Al Araby, Faculty of Arabic Studies, Al Azhar University

6 comments:

  1. I believe because people are searching for meaning in their lives.
    Sansa Morse, Tucson, Arizona

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  2. Democracy has an effective role in this issue. By more and more Islamic centers being established in the United States, it becomes easier to spread Islam.

    Abdel-Rahman Ahmed

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  3. Islam is an international religion. This means everyone can beleive in it. Islam has many of beatuyful adjectives in every thing of our lives. The USA gaive all people freedom to choise religion.

    Hassan El-Naggar Al-Azhar University

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  4. July 2007 Newsweek survey of non-Muslim Americans

    Muslims in the United States are as
    loyal to the U.S. as they are to Islam
    40% Agree 32% Disagree

    Muslims do not condone violence
    63% Agree

    Qur'an does not condone violence
    40% Agree 28% Disagree

    Muslim culture does not glorify
    suicide 49% Agree 41% Disagree

    American Muslims more "peaceable"
    than non-American ones 52% Agree 7% Disagree

    Muslims are unfairly targeted by
    law enforcement 38% Agree 52% Disagree

    Oppose mass detentions of Muslims
    60% Agree 25% Disagree

    Muslim students should be allowed
    to wear headscarves 69% Agree 23% Disagree

    Would vote for a qualified Muslim
    for political office 45% Agree 45% Disagree

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  5. Most Muslims in the US are immigrants from South Asia, mainly from India and Pakistan. So immigration is the biggest reason why the number of American Muslims is going up.
    By using the word "spread" you may be thinking about people converting to Islam. This is most common in large urban areas and in prisons. About as big as the South Asian Muslim-American population is the African-American population, many of whom were born into Muslim families in the US and others who convert.
    For some black Americans, Islam has been an avenue for self-assertion and a way to
    distance themselves from a "white Protestant America" that has discriminated against them, they feel has not served them and that they do not identify with.

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  6. I think that increasing the number of Muslims in America, or in other words, the rapid spread of Islam in America, is due to two reasons
    I: the simplicity of Islam and its call for peace
    Second: that the American people, the people polite, and has a good mind and good heart

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