Muslim+Immigration+to+the+United+States




 * U.S. Admits Record Number of Muslim Refugees in 2016,** Pew Research Center (October 5, 2016)
 * 38,901 Muslim refugees in 2016
 * 37,521 Christian refugees in 2016
 * 84,999 total refugees in 2016
 * Top Countries of Origin for refugees
 * Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Syria
 * Burma
 * Iraq
 * Somalia


 * New Estimates of U.S. Muslim Population**, Pew Research Center, 2016
 * 3.3 million Muslims living in the United States; 1 percent of total population
 * Expected to double in size by 2050

Muslims in America: A Statistical Portrait, U.S. Embassy Baghdad Iraq



[[image:Screen Shot 2016-10-29 at 11.53.04 AM.png width="49" height="47"]]Historical Patterns of Muslim Immigration

 * When Did Muslims Come to America**, Teaching Tolerance Magazine, 2017


 * Arabs in America, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill**

Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb (1846-1916) was a prominent Anglo-American Muslim, See his statement On the Criteria for Evaluating Religions

5 Myths about Mosques in America, Washington Post(August 29, 2010)


 * Islam in America, PBS History Detectives**
 * First Wave of Muslims to America were African slaves; 10 to 15 percent of whom were Muslims
 * Between 1878 and 1924, Muslim immigrants settled in Ohio, Michigan, Iowa and the Dakotas
 * By 1952, there were 1,000 mosques in North America


 * America Banned Muslims Long Before Donald Trump, Washington Post (August 18, 2016) as in the following examples from the article**

**Naturalization Act of 1790**


 * **In Re Ross Supreme Court case (1891)**


 * **In Re Ahmed Hassan (1942)**


 * **Ex Parte Mohriez (1944). First ruling to grant naturalization to an Arab-Born Muslim**

Representative Keith Ellison from Minnesota is the highest elected Muslim in America.

**Go here for his Congressional homepage**