The Muslims Are Coming!

Signs of the growth of Islam in the United States, Canada, and recently in Mexico are evident everywhere. Mosques are being 

built in neighborhoods where once onlychurches and synagogues stood. Women who wear scarves covering their hair are now a common sight in many towns and cities. Moreover, Muslim holidays are gain- ing official recognition in such    places as Los Angeles, Toronto, and New York; and the U.S. Postal Service has even issued stamp designs commemorating Muslims and Islamic themes (Malcolm X and Ramadan stamps, for example). In addition, an in-creasing number of employers are accommodating the religious needs of their Muslim workers in the same way they respond to the needs of their Jewish workers.



On a personal level, many people are finding that some of their neighbors or fellow college students practice the Islamic way of life or that some of their children’s class-mates may be Muslims. Clearly Islam is beginning to enter the mainstream of com-munity experience, and the more you learn about your Muslim neighbors the better you will be able to understand each other and work together for the common good.

The recent Malcolm X

stamp honors a well-known Muslim American leader.