In fact, Arab is an ethnicity while Muslim, on the other hand, is a religion. Muslims are actually followers/believers of the Islamic faith. Notably, some Arabs may be Muslims however most Arab Americans and Arabs across the world are not Muslim. Most of the people in the U.S. that are Muslim, approximately 85%, are not from the Arab world. Interestingly, there are divisions amongst the expressions of Muslim faith just as there are in the Christian faith and consequently there are Muslim groups that only exist within the United States, the largest one being Islam among African Americans. Surprisingly, African Americans account for 90% of the people who convert to Islam in the U.S. and total roughly 5% of all African Americans in the
In fact, Arab is an ethnicity while Muslim, on the other hand, is a religion. Muslims are actually followers/believers of the Islamic faith. Notably, some Arabs may be Muslims however most Arab Americans and Arabs across the world are not Muslim. Most of the people in the U.S. that are Muslim, approximately 85%, are not from the Arab world. Interestingly, there are divisions amongst the expressions of Muslim faith just as there are in the Christian faith and consequently there are Muslim groups that only exist within the United States, the largest one being Islam among African Americans. Surprisingly, African Americans account for 90% of the people who convert to Islam in the U.S. and total roughly 5% of all African Americans in the