U.S. Muslim count                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Vol. XV, No. 10, Nov/Dec 2002

U.S. Muslims, tallied at 1.56M, far below leaders' 6-7M claims: Muslim leaders have registered displeasure over the headcounts in a new study on religion in America. The study's estimate of the number of Muslims in America -- 1.56 million -- is far below the 6 million to 7 million adherents Muslim leaders often assert in the media. Tallies for Muslims and Jews are new features of the study during the 1990s. Other religions counted for the first time in the 2000 U.S. study include: (1) Buddhist, 1,656 temples/communities across the country. (2) Hindu, 629 temples/communities. (3) Baha'i, 1,198 centers/communities, with 146,756 adherents. [BP]