There are an estimated 6 million Muslims in America.

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Finding Unity in Our DiversityImages from the
City of Angels
Center for Religion and Civic Culture
University of Southern California www.usc.edu/crc
c e-mail crcc_at_usc.edu Photographs by Jerry
Berndt
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New Horizon School, Los Angeles
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There are an estimated7 million Muslimsin
America.
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New Horizon School, Los Angeles
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Muslims are ethnically diverse.

• 36 are South Asian.
• 30 are African American.
• 25 are Middle Eastern (including Arabs).
• 9 are white and other.

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Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab, Los Angeles
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Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab, Los Angeles
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Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab, Los Angeles
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70 of mosques provide some type of assistance
to the needy.
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UMMA Free Clinic, Los Angeles
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Over half of mosques have food pantries,
soup kitchens, or food collection for the poor.
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Islam, the religion of tolerance, holds the
human soul in high esteem, and considers the
attack against human beings a grave sin.
Sheikh Yusuf Al-QaradawiMuslim Scholar
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Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab, Los Angeles
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the worlds
religions.
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There are more than 10,000 congregations in L.A.,
including

• 30 Hindu temples120 Buddhist temples58 mosques.
  

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O Lord, help us in our distress. Keep us united
as people of diverse faiths, colors and races.
Dr. Muzammil H. SiddiqiNational Day of Prayer
and RemembranceNational Cathedral Service
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Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab, Los Angeles
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First African American Episcopal Church, Los
Angeles
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St. Vincent Catholic Church, Los Angeles
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Oriental Mission Church, Los Angeles
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St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Los
Angeles
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Sikh youth class at Vermont Gurdwara, Los Angeles
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Muhammad Mosque No. 27, Los Angeles
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Buddhist Services at the Khemara Buddhikaram,
Long Beach, CA
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Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, a Hindu Temple,
Whittier, CA
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Harvest Rock Church, Pasadena, CA
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Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, CA
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Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, CA
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Sikh services at Vermont Gurdwara, Los Angeles
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Armenian Martyrs Day Ceremony, Montebello, CA
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St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, Los Angeles
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• Photographs by Jerry Berndt
• Courtesy of the Center for Religion and Civic
  Culture
• University of Southern California
• www.usc.edu/crcc
• Sources
• Ihsan Bagby, Paul M. Perl, Bryan T. Froehle, The
  Mosque in America A National Portrait, April 26,
  2001, Council on American-Islamic Relations,
  Washington, D.C.
• IDEA Ministries, 1997
• Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC),
  www.mpac.org