Kurds have been coming to Canada from Turkey, Iraq and Iran for decades. Over 90% of the Kurds in Hamilton are from a Muslim background. Today, many of the Kurds in Canada have shed their identity as Muslims.
Today, Brazil has a population of about 180 million, including several million people from an Arabic background. While most of them are at least nominally Christian, there are several hundred thousand Muslims (including a significant number of illegal aliens).
Amazingly, there is no definitive estimate for the number of Muslims in the United States of America. There are many estimates, ranging from about two million to possibly seven million (1 or 2 per cent of the US population), but there is little reliable data.
Immigrants to Canada in the past were predominantly from Europe while the majority of today’s immigrants including many Muslims come from Asia and Africa. Muslims coming to Canada face many hardships. Muslim women often find themselves isolated in a society which does not understand nor accept them.
South Asians from largely Hindu and Muslim backgrounds make up 51% of the population of Guyana. The first Muslims to Guyana were probably Fulanis from Africa. Most are Sunni Muslims attending over 125 mosques.
Paramaribo is the capital of Suriname in the Caribbeans. Most of the 439 thousand people live here in the “city of flowers”. It was settled by the British in the mid-1600s.
Mosques and Islamic Centres play an important role in the life of American Muslims. They are places of refuge and of rest; places where a Muslim can experience the Islamic community. Ford, Muslims and mosques in Dearborn, Michigan.
The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions including 35 independent countries. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 14% of the population.
The first official mosque was built in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1934. Today, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) based in Washington DC, there are more than 1,209 known mosques throughout America.
