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1. Detroit
2. NYC
3. LA
4. SF
5. Chicago
6. Northern Virginia (DC Metro)
CityData doesnt keep tract of number self ID Muslims per city but if you look at Private Elementary schools, you will see schools by religion. If there are a lot of Islamic id schools, you can assume there are Muslim communities supporting them, just like lots of Catholic schools, lots of Catholics in town.
The Middle East Proper is Arabs and Jews with much smaller populations of other adherents
If you compare by religions the top religions worldwide are
1. Muslims (all followers) - 1.9 billion internationally
2. Latin Rite Roman Catholics- 1.4 billion self identified internationally
3. NonCatholic Christians- about 1 billion internationally
4/5. Hindus and Buddhists; about 1 billion internationally
The smallest religions internationally are
Jews (all) - 15 million
Zorastrians -about 2 million
Druze - about a million
If you are looking for a population of a particular religion/sect/rite, look up the sanctuaries that provide for those religions. Example- Look up International Ba'Hai faith for Ba'hai temples worldwide and the cities those temples are located.
I’m not sure what religion has to do with it. Most Muslims in the world and the US are not from the Middle East and many Arab immigrants to the US are Christian. They’re still part of the “Middle Eastern” culture. Arab and Muslim are not synonymous.
Pakistan is chiefly South Asian, but I can see how it would be Middle Eastern in the broader sense.
The OP mentioned the Levant region(mostly focused in Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and a portion of Turkey), so I had that mind and how Chicago may be the better choice outside of greater Detroit. Even Persia/Iran technically lies outside, though is referenced under a broader definition.
Pakistan IS NOT chiefly South Asian. You need to look at the map of Pakistan CLOSELY and see how it borders Iran (middle eastern country), Afghanistan (central asian country) and India (south asia). For reference, Gwadar is a city that sits on the Pak/Iran border being Pak's only major Middle Eastern city.
Pakistan is a unique country that is in Middle East, Central Asia & South Asia. This coming from a Pak American.
Out of these 2 cities, probably Chicago...but the most middle eastern city in the US is by far Detroit.
Dearborn, which is just west of Detroit proper, is unlike any other place in the US. It's one of the few places in the western hemisphere that you can live in and only speak Arabic and not have a problems communicating. Dearborn is primarily Lebanese Shia Muslim, with a large minority of Iraqi Shia Muslims and some Yemeni Sunni Muslims.
But it doesn't stop there, that's only Dearborn. Sterling Heights, a suburb about 30 minutes north of Dearborn is home to a truly massive population of Chaldeans (Iraqi Christians). There's also Iraqi Muslims and some Lebanese in this area, but it's primarily Chaldean. There's also Chaldeans spread throughout Troy, West Bloomfield and Birmingham.
Then there's Hamtramck, a small bedroom community just outside of downtown Detroit that is home to a huge Yemeni population.
The middle eastern community in Detroit metro is unlike any other in the US.
I’m not sure what religion has to do with it. Most Muslims in the world and the US are not from the Middle East and many Arab immigrants to the US are Christian. They’re still part of the “Middle Eastern” culture. Arab and Muslim are not synonymous.
Very True
Arabs are Bedouins, Christians, Alawites, Mizrahis. Its a big bucket. DNA speaking, they are all very close cousins and they've all been there tens of thousands of years.
Since Muslims are the worlds largest religion, I used it as a primary example, esp since the second largest religion has a smaller population in Middle East proper.
Since Muslims are the worlds largest religion, I used it as a primary example, esp since the second largest religion has a smaller population in Middle East proper.
Islam is not the worlds largest religion, Christianity is. There's roughly 2.4 billion Christians and 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide. Islam is definitely the largest religion throughout the Middle East though, but not the world.
Islam is not the worlds largest religion, Christianity is. There's roughly 2.4 billion Christians and 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide. Islam is definitely the largest religion throughout the Middle East though, but not the world.
No. You are conflating any Religion that has Jesus in it.
Latin Rite Catholics who acknowledge The Bishop of Rome are completely different from all other Christians and theologically/canonically have a very diff definition of God (ex: Triune vs Not) The perfect example is LDS (known as Mormons)
If your definition of anything that refers to Jesus, you have to include Islam as Mohammed recognized Jesus as a prophet (Mecca). Also all Jews for Jesus. Possibly Satanists as well but idk.
I do realize that many think tanks and institutes lump Catholics and Christians together but its incorrect if you read the definitions of RCC verses non RCC as they are as different from each other as Greek Orthodox vs. Joel Osteen.
No. You are conflating any Religion that has Jesus in it.
Latin Rite Catholics who acknowledge The Bishop of Rome are completely different from all other Christians and theologically/canonically have a very diff definition of God (ex: Triune vs Not) The perfect example is LDS (known as Mormons)
If your definition of anything that refers to Jesus, you have to include Islam as Mohammed recognized Jesus as a prophet (Mecca). Also all Jews for Jesus. Possibly Satanists as well but idk.
I do realize that many think tanks and institutes lump Catholics and Christians together but its incorrect if you read the definitions of RCC verses non RCC as they are as different from each other as Greek Orthodox vs. Joel Osteen.
Islam is hardly a monolithic religion either. If that’s how you insist on defining Christianity, then Islam would need to be broken down further into Sunni vs. Shia vs. Sufi, etc.
Islam is hardly a monolithic religion either. If that’s how you insist on defining Christianity, then Islam would need to be broken down further into Sunni vs. Shia vs. Sufi, etc.
Exactly. This guy is very confused.
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