The US is a Muslim nation?

It is important to note that "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". So says President Barack Obama.

The average claim for the US Muslim population is about six million. The precise figure is difficult to get because it's not included in US census data and many put the figure at much, much less.

But even if we assume there are six million Muslims in the US, that makes it only the 34th biggest Muslim country in the world - behind Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, China, Ethiopia, Algeria, Morocco, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Tanzania, Syria, Malaysia, Niger, Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia, Somalia, Guinea, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso and Tajikistan.

LTRT wrote:Barack Hussein Obama: US "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/06/03/barack_hussein_obama_us_one_of_the_largest_muslim_countries_in_the_world

It is important to note that "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". So says President Barack Obama.

The average claim for the US Muslim population is about six million. The precise figure is difficult to get because it's not included in US census data and many put the figure at much, much less.

But even if we assume there are six million Muslims in the US, that makes it only the 34th biggest Muslim country in the world - behind Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, China, Ethiopia, Algeria, Morocco, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Tanzania, Syria, Malaysia, Niger, Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia, Somalia, Guinea, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso and Tajikistan.

Must be that 'fuzzy-math' thing again.

Bman wrote:1) where did the "average claim of 6M" come from ... huh?
2) Did you want him to say we are the 35th. largest if in fact the 6M number is right.

FAIL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States

The following are a few of these disputed estimates:
1.1 million (2001) City University of New York - American Religious Identification Survey [0.5% of national adult population][39]
1.6 million (2000) Glenmary Research Center [0.5% of national population][40]
1.8 million (2007) 0.6% of population (2007 est.) The World Factbook[41]
1.9 million (2001) American Jewish Committee [0.6% of national population][42]
2.0 million (2000) Hartford Institute for Religious Research [0.7% of national population][43]
2.4 million (2007) Pew Research Center[44][45]
4.7 million (2005) Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year [1.5% of national population][46]
6-7 million (2001) Council on American-Islamic Relations - The Mosque in America: A National Portrait[47]
6.7 million (1997) J. Ilyas Ba-Yunus [2.2% of national population][48]
7 to 8 million (2008) Newsweek[49]

LTRT wrote:

Bman wrote:1) where did the "average claim of 6M" come from ... huh?
2) Did you want him to say we are the 35th. largest if in fact the 6M number is right.

FAIL

Here are a few numbers from everybody's source for info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States

The following are a few of these disputed estimates:
1.1 million (2001) City University of New York - American Religious Identification Survey [0.5% of national adult population][39]
1.6 million (2000) Glenmary Research Center [0.5% of national population][40]
1.8 million (2007) 0.6% of population (2007 est.) The World Factbook[41]
1.9 million (2001) American Jewish Committee [0.6% of national population][42]
2.0 million (2000) Hartford Institute for Religious Research [0.7% of national population][43]
2.4 million (2007) Pew Research Center[44][45]
4.7 million (2005) Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year [1.5% of national population][46]
6-7 million (2001) Council on American-Islamic Relations - The Mosque in America: A National Portrait[47]
6.7 million (1997) J. Ilyas Ba-Yunus [2.2% of national population][48]
7 to 8 million (2008) Newsweek[49]

I want him to speak the truth, so you FAIL with your irrelevant response.

LTRT wrote:Typical leftist response as always, I'm suprised you didn't say Bush lied - Soldiers died.

Bman wrote:

LTRT wrote:Typical leftist response as always, I'm suprised you didn't say Bush lied - Soldiers died.

LOL ... you carry the right wing play book around telling you what to cry about and what to pretend you were harmed by ... You were taught to blindly follow though ...

LTRT wrote:

Bman wrote:

LTRT wrote:Typical leftist response as always, I'm suprised you didn't say Bush lied - Soldiers died.

LOL ... you carry the right wing play book around telling you what to cry about and what to pretend you were harmed by ... You were taught to blindly follow though ...

Kettle, make sure to give the boss a bow when you meet him.

Bman wrote:...You on the other hand are so classless...

Bman wrote:...You want Obama to fail which means our country will fail etc ...

Bman wrote:

LTRT wrote:Barack Hussein Obama: US "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/06/03/barack_hussein_obama_us_one_of_the_largest_muslim_countries_in_the_world

It is important to note that "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". So says President Barack Obama.

The average claim for the US Muslim population is about six million. The precise figure is difficult to get because it's not included in US census data and many put the figure at much, much less.

But even if we assume there are six million Muslims in the US, that makes it only the 34th biggest Muslim country in the world - behind Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, China, Ethiopia, Algeria, Morocco, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Tanzania, Syria, Malaysia, Niger, Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia, Somalia, Guinea, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso and Tajikistan.

Must be that 'fuzzy-math' thing again.

1) where did the "average claim of 6M" come from ... huh?
2) Did you want him to say we are the 35th. largest if in fact the 6M number is right.

FAIL