Why have a disproportionate number of American gang members and former prisoners converted to Islam, and how have prison ministries and movements like the Nation of Islam shaped this pattern?
A big shift inside American prisons The pattern is large, not just a rumor. A 2003 FBI estimate counted about 350,000 Muslims in U.S. prisons, with roughly 30,000 to 40,000 more converting each year 117 . Other estimates say tens of thousands convert every year, and about 80 percent of...
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