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International Muslim Community

Today the Islamic, or Muslim, community is global and numbers in excess of 900 million practitioners (Esposito 3). It continues to spread its influence throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and North America and can be found in such diverse environments as in the former Soviet Union, China and in England. It represents the second largest of the world's religions and therefore must be considered a highly prominent influence in the global society.

Even in the United States, Islam has a strong presence with an estimated "faithful" population in the range of between two (2) and three (3) million persons. The high rate of birth, the growing number of converts, and the continuing flow of immigration will likely contribute to Islam being the second largest religious community in the United States by the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century (Haddad & Lummis 3).

In North America, the Muslim population is divided into two (2) basic groupsùimmigrant Muslims and indigenous Muslims. The first group consists of those individuals who have come directly from other areas of the world, or whose parents or grandparents have immigrated. Originally this group consisted primarily of persons of Lebanese descent, but today represent over sixty (60) other nations. The second group consists of largely members of the Afro-American community and a growing number of "Anglo" conversions that are presently estimated to be around 75,000 persons (Haddad & Lummis 3).

While both of the above groups have integrated themselves reasonably well into the culture of North America (and other Western cultures as well), on a global basis, there continues to be a large disparity between the cultures with the largest distinction being the way in which women are treated and their respective roles in relationship to Muslim males.

From the time of the Crusades, Muslims in the Middle East believed their morality and justification in the treatment of wo...

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International Muslim Community. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 10:17, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1688957.html