International Muslim Community

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).

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also included a greater emphasis on family values and places an added burden, for example, on Muslims living in the United States. The most serious questions that have evoked this return to traditional Islamic standards, are those associated with resolving the following issues (Haddad & Lummis 122-123): The freedom associated with male-female encounters. The manner in which marriage partners are selected. Polygamy and divorce. Another factor that has become increasingly significant is the Pakistani influence on the interpretation of Islam in the Arab world. The reaction of many Muslims to the feminist movement in the United States is also very important as they view these beliefs to have significantly contributed to the breakdown of the social structure. The rising divorce rate, promiscuous behavior, widespread availability of pornographic information, and the frequency of sexual inferences present in the media have strained Muslim beliefs at home in the United States as well as in other parts of the world. Consequently, Muslims are caught in a situation where they actively seek Western technology, but their beliefs cause them to need to reject the social values of Western culture, especially those that are associated with
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