OK, Dear LilyM, here is a latest news for you from America;
The Washington Post says:
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the United States and is expected to become the second-largest religious bloc here in the next few years, but the government has not tapped into its own community as part of the global outreach, U.S. officials say.
“It’s very important for American Muslims to be involved, as they’re an important conduit to the wider Islamic world and they should be speaking out,” the second U.S. official added. “But American Muslims generally feel they’re not included like other communities. We should be talking to them, as they have a lot of knowledge of the region.”
[By Robin Wright and Al Kamen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, April 18, 2005; Page A02 ]
Details:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61213-2005Apr17.html
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World Almanac and Book of facts 1935 and Readers Digest Almanac and Yearbook 1983
The CIA Worlds Facts Book
BBC
Islam: Misunderstood Throughout The World
MIKE WALLACE, 60 MINUTES
USA TODAY, The population reference bureau
ABC NEWS
CAIRO (CNN)
THE TIMES
Conversions in the United States
NEWSDAY
NEW YORK TIMES
Dan Rathers, CBS NEWS
CNN
HILLARY RODMAN CLINTON, Los Angeles Times
President Clinton, White House Eid ul-Fitr presentation
ABC News Broadcasted on BIC News
Times of India
Ohio News
Associated Press Writer
Seattle Times
Conversions in Britain
Sunday Times (London, U.K.)
THE TIMES
And a latest BBC, UK’s Fact File on Islam says:
There are two billion Muslims world-wide.
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