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"How many Muslims are living in the United States?" is a question being asked today by many folks who "Google", either out of concern and/or research.  Many of these folks are brought to Real Americans, probably due to an article posted here on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, written by Daniel Pipes, "How Many Muslims live in the United States?"

Mr. Pipes, in all his research, could not come up with an actual figure, since depending upon individual groups and organizations coming up with figures that range from 1.8 million, 5 million, 7 million, etc.  Now, that is quite a wide-range between the first and last calcaluations.  Obama was quoted as announcing "7 million" during his 2009 major speech in Cairo and a quote from Mr. Pipes:

June 4, 2009 update: Defying all we know about this topic, Barack Obama today announced the figure of "seven million American Muslims" in the course of his major speech on Islam delivered in Cairo. I comment on his reasons for doing this at "Assessing Obama's Cairo Speech." Simultaneously, the Department of Justice put out a backrounder, "Outreach and Enforcement Efforts to Protect American Muslims," that retreats slightly from Obama's preposterous number, instead referring to "the nearly seven million American Muslims living in the United States."

June 21, 2009 update: Obama retreated substantially, though not enough, from his seven million figure, saying in an interview with the Pakistan newspaper Dawn, "we have 5 million Muslims, which would make us larger than many other countries that consider themselves Muslim countries."

 This morning I typed in "How many Muslims line in the U.S.?" and the first site that came up on Google is Islam 101 - information dated 1992.The second link listed was Jihad Watch.  Jihad Watch is one of my favorite blogs, but this is not a government census; and to find an actual accounting of the population of Muslims in America is like finding a needle in a haystack - no accurate figures, and nothing up to date.  The number Obama used during his Cairo speech is just a number pulled out of the top of his head without any actual documentation to verify that figure.


So, why are Americans searching for answers today as to "How Many Muslims live in the United States?"


I have a few ideas:

1.  Islam in America is at the forefront of many discussions which began (again) during Rep. King's congressional hearings on American Muslims and "homegrown" terrorists.
2.  Homeland Security has its TSA's groping American citizens at our airports in less than an appropriate manner i.e. 80 year old grandmothers; infants, 4 year old's, and persons with disabilities.  We've gone from inspecting suitcases and luggage bags, to what is commonly considered sexual abuse at the airport, compliments of our federal government and none of these so-called inspections have prevented one terrorist from passing through the airport.  Rather than use common sense, or profiling those folks who would appear to have the signs of a would-be terrorist, Americans are outraged over the treatment we're expected to receive by our TSA's.  Homeland Security should learn from the Israelis what to do and not do at airport screenings - they might learn how to actually catch terrorists.
3. Immediately following 9/11, President Bush implemented Homeland Security - seemed a good idea at the time, but over the past ten years, Americans do not feel one ounce safer, thanks to the lack of security at our borders, airport harassment and perhaps it's time to close shop, or hire leaders with proper experience in security measures necessary for the United States.  However, the concern all of us had was Immigration!  How did these 19 hijackers enter the U.S.?  Visas were passed out like tickets to the movies!  Immigration Services were to be over-hauled and cleaned up, to prevent terrorists from entering and obtaining documentation to allow them to stay in the U.S. How's that working out for us, TEN YEARS LATER?
4.  Lastly, but not least, our cities and towns are receiving large communities of Islam "refugees".  This at a time when Americans are still fighting a War on Terror (in spite of the denial of our Administration), plus the concerns mentioned below, by Right Truth.

Here's the Number One concern of Muslim refugees, from the blog Right Truth (below):
OCTOBER 22, 2010

OBAMA AUTHORIZES 80,000 “REFUGEES” TO ENTER COUNTRY

Read the story below submitted to Right Truth by Dr. Paul A. Williams, but a few questions first.  President Barack Hussein Obama writes a memo to the Secretary of State and, 80,000 more Muslim refugees are allowed into the United States.  Am I the only one who has a problem with that?  Also this is misleading because these are not really refugees:

“Refugees” are defined as people who are outside their country of origin and have a well-founded fear of return to their homeland.  Internally displaced persons (IDPs), who have been forced from their homes but are still within the borders of their own country, do not qualify as refugees, and–with some exceptions–cannot come to the U.S. as refugees.

The only exceptions actually written into the law are for IDPs from Iraq, the former Soviet Union, and (surprise, surprise) Cuba.  Also, U.S. embassies are authorized to designate certain IDPs as refugees, but only in “exceptional circumstances.”  This means that–for example–Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994 would not qualify for admission to the U.S. as refugees by virtue of the fact that they are still in their home country.  Ditto for Jews in Germany during World War II.  [snip]

...     It is determined by Congress and the President.  (by Jason Dzubow here and here)

Very interesting.  Now here's the article:

GET READY FOR NEW MUSLIM INVASION

“JUSTIFIED BY HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS”
By

Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.

President Barack Hussein Obama, in a determination letter to Congress, has announced that he will allow an additional 80,000 immigrants – - mostly from Islamic countries – - to resettle in the United States during fiscal year 2011.

Mr. Obama says that the increase in Muslim immigrants “is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.”

The following “goals” for new immigrants has been set as follows:

Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000
East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,000
Europe and Central Asia . . . . . . . . . . 2,000
Latin America/Caribbean. . . . . . . . . . . 5,500
Near East/South Asia. . . . . . . . . . . 35,500
Unallocated Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000

Refugee Resettlement Watch and other organizations have expressed grave concern that Mr. Obama is allowing some many immigrants into the country while so many Americans remain out of work and living in poverty.

According to the US Department of Labor, 14.8 million Americans remain unemployed. 6.1 million have been out of work for 27 weeks or over.

This figure has been challenged by the Union of the Unemployed who provide statistics that the actual number of unemployed Americans is 31 million.

The U. S. Census Bureau shows that the median household income for Americans has fallen to $49,777 – - a decline of 0.7% in the past year.

One in seven Americans no longer can feed themselves.
According to The Wall Street Journal, 14.3% of the American people live in abject poverty.

A refugee is defined by The US Department of Immigration and Naturalization as someone who has left one’s country due to persecution or a fear of persecution.

This accounts for the sharp rise of Somali communities throughout the country.

However, the definition of refugee is ‘fudged’ in several cases. “Refugees” who have not left their country due to persecution, according to Mr. Obama’s determination letter, can still be called “refugees” if they are from Iraq, one of the Islamic countries of the former Soviet Union, or Cuba.

According to Section 413 (a) of the Immigration and Nationalities Act, the Office of Refugee Resettlement is required to submit an annual report to Congress on the activities of the refugees.

The report is supposed to include the number who are on public welfare programs.

But no report has forthcoming from the Office of Refugee Resettlement since 2007.

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 Debbie on October 22, 2010 at 12:57 PM - Right Truth

Is there anyone in Congress interested in researching how many "refugees" from Muslim countries have been allowed into the U.S. since 2007?  Can anyone explain to Americans how allowing 80,000 Muslims into the U.S. is in the best interest of America, taking into account the issues presented by "Right Truth"?  Is there some type of death wish for America to change her culture over night into that of another Muslim country? "Sharia for America"?!  Is this the "change" Obama was referring to during his campaign speeches across America?

"How many Muslims are in the United states?" - your guess is as good as our State Department, Immigration Services and Obama - take your pick - 1.8 million, 5 million, 8 million, etc. etc. !!