Minneapolis, MN (HOL) - A new survey finds that Minnesota is one the most popular destinations for U.S. Muslims. The state comes in at number 12 of the top dozen states that are home to more than 80 percent of U.S. Muslims
The survey finds that California, Illinois, New York, Texas, New Jersey each has more Muslims than Michigan, which is generally thought to be home to the largest population of Arab Americans.
Other states that have more Muslims than Minnesota are: Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
According to the survey, Minnesota is home to 2.8 percent of U.S. Muslims
in Minnesota, where more than half of its estimated 150,000 Muslim population comes from Somalia and Ethiopia.
Recently, Minnesota has been the subject of high profile controversies involving Muslims. A group of taxicab drivers in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport refused to carry alcohol-toting passengers, citing religious concerns. Also at the airport, six Muslim clerics, who attended a nationwide Imams conference in Minneapolis, were removed from a US Airways flight, after a passenger voiced a concern over their behavior.
And the controversy around the first Muslim elected to Congress, Ellison, is hardly over. Ellison declared that he'll swear of the Qur'an, Islam's holy book, at his private, photo-op ceremony with the speaker of the House, this January.
--------U KNOW WHY MINNESOTA HAVE ONLY 2.8% OF US MUSLIM POPULATION --BUT WE ARE THE LOUDEST BECUZ THAT 2.8 ARE FROM SOMALIA --THERE AREN'T ARABS
