Islam

 This is in response to a friends note on Muslims, I am just hoping to bring some extra information.

Interesting to find that the first wave of Muslims to North America came through the slave trade, so Muslims have been on the lands of the Americas for a very long time. Many slaves were forced to be Christian, but about 13 years after the Civil War there was the Great Migration of humans with darker variances of skin tone to the north that brought a resurgence of the African-American Muslim Nationalist Movement.

Muslims from the Middle East came in good number from 1878-1924, then again in the 50's, there are also Muslim people came from Asia, Africa and South America.

There are 5 Pillars of Islam; 1. a profession of faith, 2. prayer, 3. alms (giving to the less fortunate), 4. fasting (during Ramadan), 5. a pilgrimage (to Mecca).

Studies have been done which show that somewhere between 76-78% of Muslims say killing civilians is not justified; in comparison about 59% of the U.S. general public say killing civilians is not justified.

 

References available for some very good reading:

 

Islam in America: From African Slaves to Malcolm X, The Twentieth Century, Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center https://share.google/hmdXbUIwo6S8nHVtJ

 

The First American Muslims | The Pluralism Project https://share.google/DuEg4gsqxXPphwo1H

 

Islam In America | History Detectives | PBS https://share.google/c6BbYR6WpbMiLDCuJ

 

Most Muslim Americans See No Justification for Violence https://share.google/ykKHBzykFK1GTONAA

 

American Muslims' views on terrorism and concerns about extremism | Pew Research Center https://share.google/qQsDdoNibW2woVwjp

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