How common is religious fasting in the United States?
In the United States, 21% of adults overall say they fast for certain periods during holy times.
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In the United States, 21% of adults overall say they fast for certain periods during holy times.
Women continue to be less involved than men in mosque life in the U.S., but the pattern appears to be changing.
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About half of black Muslims are converts to Islam, a relatively high conversion level. Black Muslims, like black Americans overall, have high levels of religious commitment.
The immigrant experience is deeply ingrained in the fabric of Islam in America.
More Muslim adults say they fast during Ramadan than say they pray five times a day or attend mosque weekly.
About a quarter of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify as members of the faith. But Islam gains about as many converts as it loses.
An estimated 3.45 million Muslims of all ages were living in the United States in 2017, accounting for about 1.1% of the country’s total population.
For American Muslims, being highly religious does not necessarily translate into acceptance of traditional notions of Islam.
About eight-in-ten U.S. Muslims (82%) say they are either very (66%) or somewhat concerned (16%) about extremism committed in the name of Islam around the world.
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