Pew does a remix of its 2017 data on US Muslim vs.
Foreign-born Muslim numbers, by Ann Corcoran 4/18/18
I
would have to spend all day analyzing this data and I don’t have the
time. So I’m throwing out the latest from Pew on Muslim racial and ethnic
makeup in the US for your consideration.
But
before I get to the latest (glowing) report (remember it doesn’t look like a
new study, just a rehash of 2017 numbers), this is the report they refer back
to, click here, posted in July of 2017.
This
paragraph is worth repeating, although Pew doesn’t repeat it in this latest
piece.
When asked whether targeting and killing civilians can be justified to
further a political, social or religious cause, 84% of U.S. Muslims say such
tactics can rarely (8%) or never (76%) be justified, while 12% say such
violence can sometimes (7%) or often (5%) be justified.
Sounds
small doesn’t it? Only 12% say violence is sometimes or often
justified. But assume that there are 3 million Muslims in the US and
consider that 12% represents 360,000 Muslims who believe that!
Here is
the latest entitled: Muslims in America: Immigrants and those born in U.S. see
life differently in many ways
The immigrant experience is deeply ingrained in the fabric of Islam in
America. Most U.S. Muslim adults (58%) hail from other parts of the globe,
their presence in America owing largely to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality
Act that lowered barriers to immigration from Asia, Africa and other regions
outside Europe.
But
the U.S.-born share of the American Muslim population is also considerable
(42%). It consists of descendants of Muslim immigrants, converts to Islam (many
of them black) and descendants of converts.
The
percentages of Muslims by country of origin are: 9% from Pakistan, 6% from
Iran, 4% from India and 4% from Afghanistan.
When
Pew Research Center surveyed American Muslim adults in 2017, the findings
revealed important similarities between foreign-born and U.S.-born Muslims.
Both
the immigrant and U.S.-born Muslim populations are racially and ethnically
diverse, though in different ways. A
large share of foreign-born Muslims are Asian, while many U.S.-born Muslims are
black or Hispanic.
And substantial shares of both foreign-born and U.S.-born Muslims identify as
white, a category that also includes people who identify racially as Arab,
Middle Eastern or Persian.
Muslim immigrants in the United States, roughly half of whom (56%) have
arrived since the year 2000, come from a wide array of countries, and no single
region or country of origin accounts for a majority of them. In total, immigrant respondents in Pew
Research Center’s 2017 survey of U.S.
Muslims
named 75 different countries of origin. And this is reflected in their racial
and ethnic diversity: No single racial or ethnic group accounts for a majority
among Muslim immigrants, with 45% identifying as white and a similar share
(41%) identifying as Asian.
All
US Muslim Adults include 41% White (Arab), 20% Black, 28% Asian, 8% Hispanic
and 3% other.
Foreign
born Muslim Adults include 45% White (Arab), 11% Black (African) and 41% Asian.
US
born Muslim Adults include 35% White (Arab), 32% Black, 10% Asian, 17% Hispanic
and 5% other.
Second
Generation Muslim Adults include 52% White (Arab), 7% Black (African), 22%
Asian and 17% Hispanic.
Third
Generation Muslim Adults include 23% White (Arab), 51% Black, 2% Asian and 18%
Hispanic.
US
General Population is 64% White, 12% Black, 6% Asian and 16% Hispanic.
Looking
at the above numbers can we conclude that in the third generation the Asian
Muslims have left Islam while the black Muslims become a larger share of the
Muslim population than when they were first admitted? Or, is it simply a
case that the black Muslims have multiplied so greatly that they represent a
much larger share of the total. Or both?
And, don’t miss the increase in the percentage
share of Muslim Hispanics.
Muslims mostly vote for
Democrats!
Be
sure to see the part about their political leanings. I’ve frequently joked that
if the vast majority of immigrants voted for Republicans upon arrival, then it would be the Dems screaming to close
the borders and shut down the refugee admissions program!
I
can only conclude that the Republicans’ lack of will to control immigration
results from their desire to admit more laborers for their business pals and
that is more important to them then the loss of Republican power as the Muslim
migrants (all migrants!) vote largely for the Ds!
US
Born Muslims identify as 42% Democrat, 40% Independent, 7% republican and 11%
other.
Immigrant
Muslims identify as 34% Democrat, 43% Independent, 6% Republican and 11% other.
US
Born Muslims identify as 25% Liberal, 39% Moderate, 26% Conservative and 7%
other.
Immigrant
Muslims identify as 32% Liberal, 39% Moderate, 18% Conservative and 10% other.
Read
it all here. See my post yesterday (the Muslim blue
wave) about Muslims running for political office, here.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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