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The United Nation of Islam (UNOI) is a black American religious movement based in Kansas City, Kansas. It was founded in 1978 as an offshoot of the Nation of Islam by Royall Jenkins, who continued to be the group's leader until he died in September 2021 of complications resulting from Covid-19. He styled himself "Royall, Allah in Person".
Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.34%), behind Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.07%). [ 1] The 2020 United States census estimated that 1.34% (or 4,453,908) of the population of the United States are Muslim. [ 2] In 2017, twenty states, mostly in the South and Midwest, reported Islam to be the largest non-Christian ...
Elijah Muhammad. Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 1975. [1] [2] [3] Muhammad was also the teacher and mentor of Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan ...
Muslim In America. The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. The following animated videos depict the experiences of nine Muslim Americans from across the country who differ in heritage, age, gender and occupation. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday ...
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic branch in the United States. The earliest contact between the American people and the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam was during the lifetime of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. In 1911, during the era of the First Caliphate of the Community, the Ahmadiyya movement in India began to prepare for its mission to the United States.
Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam ( NOI) is a religion in the United States founded by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A black nationalist organization, the NOI focuses its attention on the African diaspora, especially on African Americans. While describing itself as Islamic, its religious tenets, though using Islamic terms, differ from ...
Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements. The advocates of Islamism, also known as "al-Islamiyyun", are dedicated to realizing their ideological interpretation of Islam within the context of the state or society. The majority of them are affiliated with Islamic ...
The terms "prison Islam" or "jailhouse Islam" are unique to prison and incorporates values of gang loyalty and violence into the Islamic religion. In spite of the fact of there being over 350,000 Muslim inmates in the United States, little evidence indicates widespread radicalization or foreign recruitment.