May 1, 2019
On May 1, 2019, Rumi Forum held an event about the diversity of the Muslim American community and their various situations.
Muslims make up about 1% of the American public, but there are also
many Americans who have a connection to Islam but do not personally
identify as Muslim. This presentation discussed which Americans are
most likely to personally know someone who is Muslim, intermarried
couples, people who were raised Muslim but no longer identify, and
people who identify as Muslim but say religion is not very
important to them. How common are there situations? Are these
patterns more common among some demographic groups than others?
Speaker:
Besheer Mohamed is a Senior Researcher at Pew Research Center. He
is an expert on the views, demographic profile and size of U.S.
Muslim communities. He also has extensive experience with
computational science, as well as developing best practices for
quantitative data collection on small populations. Mohamed has
appeared in numerous media outlets and regularly briefs
policymakers, academics and other important stakeholders. He has
also published in traditional academic publications through Oxford
University Press and NYU Press, along with the American
Sociological Association’s magazine, Contexts. He received his
doctorate in sociology and master’s degree in Middle East Studies
from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree in
engineering from Cornell University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DufX3VKOtS0&t=4s