The Future
While the American Muslim community is relatively young, children comprise a small portion of the America Muslim community, with just 13.1% under the age of 15, compared with 20.2% in the broader population. Women make up 46% percent of the adult Muslim community and roughly half of all American Muslims live with at least one child under 18. The focus in our communities seems to be on creating spaces for men and meeting their needs, but not the needs of women and children. But our future lies in our children and paradise is at the feet of our mothers (spiritual and biological).
—Stats from the Pew study “Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream”
