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scottw · 06-05-2009, 07:09 AM

There are 6+ Million Muslims in this country you know.

-spence[/QUOTE]

Debbie Schlussel cites a reputable survey by Pew that puts the number of Muslims in the US at 1.8 million
FACTCHECK
Obama: U.S. “One of the Largest Muslim Countries.” Not!

By Brooks Jackson ~ June 4th, 2009. Filed under: FactCheck.org, President Obama.
President Barack Obama claimed that the U.S. is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world” in terms of population. That strains the facts mightily. The U.S. Muslim population probably doesn’t even rank in the top 50.

There’s no hard count of U.S. Muslims. The U.S. Census does not ask about religious affiliation.

At the high end of the estimates, a 2001 study by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, based on interviews with representatives of U.S. mosques, estimated about 2 million Muslims are associated with a mosque. From that, the authors projected: “Estimates of a total Muslim population of 6-7 million in America seem reasonable.”

The Pew Research Center released a study in 2007, calling its methodology “the most comprehensive ever used to study Muslim Americans.” The study was based on a poll of 60,000 respondents. Conclusion:

Pew Research Center, 2007: The total Muslim American population is estimated at 2.35 million, based on data from this survey and available Census Bureau data on immigrants’ nativity and nationality.

An even more recent study released in March of this year, and based on answers from 54,461 respondents, came up with results similar to the Pew study. The American Religious Identification Survey conducted by Connecticut’s Trinity College estimated the adult U.S. Muslim population at 1.35 million, not much different from Pew’s estimate of 1.4 million adult (meaning age 18 or over) Muslims. Both put the adult Muslim population at 0.6 percent of the total U.S. adult population. And that’s the figure currently used by the Central Intelligence Agency in its CIA World Factbook entry on the United States.

this will likely change after the White House and Acorn seize control of the census...

06-05-2009, 07:09 AM	#19
scottw Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 12,632	There are 6+ Million Muslims in this country you know. -spence[/QUOTE] Debbie Schlussel cites a reputable survey by Pew that puts the number of Muslims in the US at 1.8 million FACTCHECK Obama: U.S. “One of the Largest Muslim Countries.” Not! By Brooks Jackson ~ June 4th, 2009. Filed under: FactCheck.org, President Obama. President Barack Obama claimed that the U.S. is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world” in terms of population. That strains the facts mightily. The U.S. Muslim population probably doesn’t even rank in the top 50. There’s no hard count of U.S. Muslims. The U.S. Census does not ask about religious affiliation. At the high end of the estimates, a 2001 study by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, based on interviews with representatives of U.S. mosques, estimated about 2 million Muslims are associated with a mosque. From that, the authors projected: “Estimates of a total Muslim population of 6-7 million in America seem reasonable.” The Pew Research Center released a study in 2007, calling its methodology “the most comprehensive ever used to study Muslim Americans.” The study was based on a poll of 60,000 respondents. Conclusion: Pew Research Center, 2007: The total Muslim American population is estimated at 2.35 million, based on data from this survey and available Census Bureau data on immigrants’ nativity and nationality. An even more recent study released in March of this year, and based on answers from 54,461 respondents, came up with results similar to the Pew study. The American Religious Identification Survey conducted by Connecticut’s Trinity College estimated the adult U.S. Muslim population at 1.35 million, not much different from Pew’s estimate of 1.4 million adult (meaning age 18 or over) Muslims. Both put the adult Muslim population at 0.6 percent of the total U.S. adult population. And that’s the figure currently used by the Central Intelligence Agency in its CIA World Factbook entry on the United States. this will likely change after the White House and Acorn seize control of the census...