The father of the deceased officer of the American army of Muslim origin, Khizr Khan, during the Democratic convention are encouraged to vote for Hillary Clinton Photo: PAP / EPA / JUSTIN LANE
It is not known exactly how many Muslims in the US because the census does not have questions about religion. On the basis of the Pew Research Center, it is estimated that their number varies around 3-4 million, which is suddenly about 1 percent. the population of the United States.
The number of Muslims in the United States increased
Contrary to stereotypes, most American Muslims do not come from Arab countries. American Arabs are mostly Christians from Syria and Lebanon. About 40 percent of Muslims are African Americans, the rest are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from South Asia – Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh; only later arrivals from the Middle East and North Africa.
The share of the latter in the population is increasing, however, since the war in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Overall the percentage of Muslims in the US is growing due to immigration and high birth rates in the community. It is expected that in 2050. Will already be an 2.1 percent. the country’s population, surpassing in numbers of Americans of Jewish origin.
(Film – The father of the deceased Muslim officer in the US Army during the Democratic convention in Philadelphia [ENG]. Source: YOUTUBE / ABC15ARIZONA)
relations Muslims in America with the rest of the population are better than their co-religionists in Europe with the inhabitants of the local countries.
Americans critical of Muslims
According to research Pew Research Center from 2014. Americans appreciate true Muslims worse than those of other faiths. About half of the US population believes that Islam, more than other religions to encourage violence, and 49 per cent. It believes that “at least some” Muslims are hostile attitude toward America. Muslims are considered more than others prone to violence and fanaticism. Such opinions are much more prevalent among white Americans than blacks.
the race for the White House
but while the majority of Americans (61 per cent). believes that Muslims should not be subjected to extraordinary control (as supervising mosques) just because of their religion. American Muslims – according to surveys – they also have more friends outside their religious communities than their co-religionists in Europe.
Studies confirm that they are, generally, better assimilated than Muslims in Western Europe who often live in ethno-religious ghettos, as the Arab slums around the cities in France or separate districts Turkish in Germany and the enclaves of Muslims from south Asia in the UK. This is due to the fact that in the US less frequently face discrimination than in Europe, and a better economic situation and a flexible labor market, provide them with greater opportunities of social advancement.
70 percent. supports Democrats
The political sympathies of Muslims in the US tend their decidedly toward the Democratic Party. 70 percent. supports the Democrats, and only 11 percent. – Republicans (GOP). 68 percent. will “bigger government providing more social benefits”, which dominates in the Democrats, and only 21 percent. He is in favor of reducing the welfare state, as proposed by the GOP.
This polarization has intensified as the controlling GOP by ultraconservatives, among which Islamophobia is very clear. A powerful force on the Republican right are the evangelical Christians who most strongly support Israel, giving it a special role in the history of Islam and see the greatest threat to this country. Warnings against Islamic extremism loudest are heard on the air right-wing Fox News, and countless conservative radio stations in the US.
In this year’s election the support of Muslims for the democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, is even greater than, eg. Support for Al Gore in the elections of 2000. Determines the message of tolerance and openness to others, and state aid for the poor and immigrants included in the program Democrats . Many Muslims supported Clinton in the primaries competitor for the presidential nomination, Senator Bernie Sanders.
Low support for Trump
Donald Trump, who in the autumn of last year called for a temporary ban on the entry of Muslims to the United States, has had only approx. 10 percent of the vote, followers of this religion, although its conservative principles in matters of morals and manners coincide with traditionalism GOP on these issues (opposition to abortion, gay marriage, the role of religion in public life, etc.). President George W. Bush, who demonstratively visited the mosque after the attack 11 September 2001 and stressed the importance of religious tolerance, despite the bombing, enjoyed far more support than Muslims Trump.
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From surveys conducted among by the Brookings Institution, found that since November last year the attitude of resentment or hostility towards Islam weakened slightly in the United States – even though the two terrorist attacks (in San Bernardino and Orlando) in this period. While Nov. 53 percent. Americans expressed favorable opinions about the religion, in June, already 62 percent. In parallel, the percentage of opinion unfriendly – from 46 to 38 percent.
According to an expert from the Brookings, Shibley Telhamiego, probably does not mean, however, the trend of long-term changes in attitudes, but is a reflection of the presidential campaign. More favorable opinions about Islam expressed almost exclusively Democrats and voters are independents – responding mainly to the call Clinton and President Obama to oppose xenophobia and appeals to close the borders, wygłaszanym by Trump.
– Polarization between two candidates white House and its supporters on Muslims and Islam is even greater than that between the parties, which we both represent – said during a panel at the Brookings expert of the think tank William Galston.
“swing states” – the key to win elections
American Muslims live mainly in several states of the East Coast and Midwest. Some of them – Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and VA – is called. swing states, usually decisive of the outcome of the election.
In Michigan, where the largest concentration of this Detroit and its surroundings constitute up to 5 percent of the population. This means that in the event of an aligned vote may decide the final outcome of the election.
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