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Mogahed. Who Speaks for
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The following web sites were
The Pluralism Project at Harvard
Photo Editor / Designer: Tim Brown
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publication:
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A supplement to
Being Muslim
government
in America
Muslim Americans work in federal, state, and local
governments throughout the United States. At left, from
DiD you knoW?
top to bottom, is a sample.
Keith Ellison became the first Muslim elected to the
Sixty-five percent of the Muslim American popula-
U.S. Congress, as the representative from Minnesota’s
tion are first-generation immigrants, and 61 percent
Fifth District, in 2006. He took his oath of office on a
of the foreign-born arrived in the 1990s or later.
copy of the Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
Muslim Americans spend about $170 billion on
André Carson, a member of the Indianapolis City-
consumer products annually, according to a 2007
County Council, became the second Muslim member
figure by advertising agency JWT, and this figure is
of Congress after winning a special election in March
expected to grow.
2008 to become the congressman for the Seventh
District of Indiana.
Iftar dinners at the White House during Ramadan
have become regular occasions since the mid-
Diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad has served as the United
1990s.
States Ambassador to the United Nations, and as U.S.
Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan.
An imam can serve in several different roles in the
United States. In most African-American mosques,
Doctor Elias A. Zerhouni was director of the National
the imam operates in both spiritual and adminis-
Institutes of Health from 2002 to 2008.
trative capacities. In predominantly immigrant
mosques, however, the imam is more likely to be a
Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli served as senior advi-
spiritual leader only.
sor to the United States Secretary of State.
Children’s books bring the Muslim holy month of
Representative Saqib Ali represents part of Montgom-
Ramadan, like other holidays, into the American
ery County in the Maryland General Assembly’s House
mainstream.
of Delegates.
The largest mosque in the United States, opened
by the Islamic Center of America in 2005, is in
Dearborn, Michigan.
Business
sports
Muslim Americans contribute to al aspects of U.S.
Sports in the United States have been an important
business. Pictured at right, starting at the top, is a
route to prominence for many American Muslims.
sampling.
New York fashion designer dalia Ghanem, gives
At top, a young Muhammad Ali, who became
Arab traditions an American twist.
heavyweight champion of the world in 1964. The
boxer had changed his name and converted to the
Scientist ahmed Zewail of the California Institute of
Nation of Islam. Later Ali became a Sunni Muslim,
Technology won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
and he now practices Sufism.
The books of author Yahiya Emerick present Islamic
The basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, at
themes and history to non-Muslim audiences.
far left, is also a Muslim convert. Jabbar, who re-
tired from professional basketbal in 1989, is the
National Basketbal Association’s al -time leading
The innovations of structural engineer Fazlur r.
scorer.
Khan, honored on this postage stamp from Bangla-
desh, led to Chicago’s 110-story Sears Tower, the
world’s tallest building when completed in 1974.
Jihad Muhammad, in the white headband, is an-
other basketbal player who recently starred for a
Journalist Fareed Zakaria is the editor of News-
top college team, the University of Cincinnati.
week International magazine and host of the CNN
interview program Fareed Zakaria GPS.
Professional football player Az-Zahir Hakim, leap-
ing to catch a pass, had a 10-year career in the
Hollywood producer and director Moustapha
National Football League.
akkad filmed stories of Islamic history such as The
Message and Lion of the Desert, and the popular
Halloween movies.
Boxer Bernard Hopkins learned his craft in prison as
a young man and was later the middleweight cham-
pion for more than 10 years. He still competes.
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Everlast
Singer-songwriter
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