Arab Muslims in the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Arab_Muslims_in_the_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:ancestry	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Jordan gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Morocco gptkb:Palestine gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Syria gptkb:Tunisia gptkb:Yemen
gptkbp:citizenship	majority are US citizens
gptkbp:discrimination_issues	post-9/11 profiling
gptkbp:education	high rates of college education
gptkbp:festival	Arab American National Museum events
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Arab Muslims in the United States
gptkbp:immigrationWave	late 19th century post-1965 Immigration and Nationality Act
gptkbp:languageSpoken	gptkb:Arabic English
gptkbp:largest_sect	Sunni Islam
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Chicago gptkb:Los_Angeles gptkb:New_York_City gptkb:Dearborn,_Michigan
gptkbp:mediaType	often underrepresented
gptkbp:minorityIn	Shia Islam
gptkbp:notableCommunity	gptkb:Dearborn,_Michigan
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Islamic_Center_of_America
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:American-Arab_Anti-Discrimination_Committee gptkb:Arab_American_Institute
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Linda_Sarsour gptkb:Ilhan_Omar gptkb:Rashida_Tlaib
gptkbp:occupation	professionals service industry business owners
gptkbp:organization	Islamic centers mosques
gptkbp:percentage_of_US_Muslims	about 24% (as of 2017 Pew Research)
gptkbp:population	estimated 1.1 million (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Arab_Americans gptkb:Middle_Eastern_Americans gptkb:Muslim_Americans
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:religious_holidays	gptkb:Eid_al-Adha gptkb:Eid_al-Fitr
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Muslim_diaspora
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7