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Subject: Muslim Leaders Register Displeasure Over New Religion in America Study
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 01:24:48 -0400
(Baptist Press) Muslim leaders have registered displeasure over the
headcounts in a new study on religion in America. The study's estimate
of the number of Muslims in America -- 1.56 million -- is far below the
6 million to 7 million adherents Muslim leaders often assert in the
media. "They may claim whatever they want to claim, but we refuse to
accept this report," Faiz Rehman, communications director for the
American Muslim Council, told the Washington Post. The Post cited two
studies last year that sided with the Glenmary data: The City University
of New York's Graduate Center, which tallied 1.1 million Muslims in
America (1.8 million if children are counted), and the American Jewish
Committee, which reported 2.8 million U.S. Muslims.