How Many Muslims Live Under One Roof In Us

Today muslims account for 0 9 of the us population making islam the third largest religious group in the us after christianity 70 6 and judaism 1 9.

How many muslims live under one roof in us. Muslims like us is a two part bbc2 programme documenting ten british muslims living under one roof. It s what christ would have us do about 150 muslim families live within a two mile radius of the church at 3800 w. Pew research center has subdivided the muslim community and their percentages into three subsets namely sunnism 65 shi ism 11 and non denominational muslims 24. Islam is the third largest religion in the united states after christianity and judaism.

A 2017 study estimated that 3 45 million muslims were living in the united states about 1 1 percent of the total u s. The first known muslims to arrive in the us were from africa as slaves in the 17th century. Rawson ave according to. John moore getty images recent political debates over muslim immigration and related issues have prompted many people to ask how many muslims actually live in the united states.

The second group was arabs immigrants in the 19th century mainly from lebanon and greater syria. Muslims at a 2017 prayer service celebrating eid al fitr a holiday that marks the end of ramadan.