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The passing of the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965|Hart-Celler Act]] in 1965 opened the way for a rapid growth of immigration into the United States from several Muslim-majority countries. Prior to this moment, immigration had been severely restricted by ethnic quotas. Beginning most notably during the 1970s, a wave of Muslims from Asia and Africa began arriving into New York City. The majority of current Muslim residents trace their history in the city to this wave.
==== 1980s to present ====
In the 1980s and 1990s, the city began receiving Muslim refugees from war-torn areas of the world, as well as [[green card]] lottery recipients from countries such as Bangladesh and the new Central Asian republics. Through skilled employment visas and family reunification programs, immigration also increased from countries such as Pakistan, Senegal, Ghana, Guyana, Egypt, Palestine, and Yemen.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Newest New Yorkers, 1990-1994 |publisher=New York City Department of Planning |year=1997 |location=New York |language=English}}</ref> Most of these new immigrants settled in the outer boroughs, in neighborhoods such as [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn|Bay Ridge]], [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]], [[Boerum Hill]], and the [[West Bronx]]. Alongside other foreign-born residents, they would play a key role in reviving the city's fortunes following the crisis years of the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Immigration and New York City: The Contributions of Foreign-Born Americans to New York's Rennaisance, 1975-2013 |publisher=AS/COA |year=2014 |language=English}}</ref> As of 2024, a significant new wave of [[Islam in China|Chinese Uyghur Muslims]] is fleeing [[religious persecution]] in northwestern China’s [[Xinjiang Province]] and seeking [[religious freedom]] in New York,<ref name=ChineseUyghurMuslimsFreedomNYC>{{cite web|url= https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/americas/new-york-city-chinese-migrants-flushing-intl-latam/index.html|title= Caught between China and the US, asylum seekers live in limbo in New York City|author=Tara John and Yong Xiong|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=May 17, 2024|access-date=June 9, 2024}}</ref> concentrating in [[Chinatowns in Queens|Queens]].
==== Building community roots ====
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=The immigrant era of NYC Muslims |date=18 June 2015 |url=https://nycreligion.info/immigrant-era-nyc-muslims/}}</ref> With the arrival of new Muslim immigrants and the consolidation of the African-American Sunni community, Islam in New York began to flourish in the late 20th century. In the decades prior to 9/11 and the [[killing of Amadou Diallo]] in 1999, the city emerged as a destination for working Muslims around the globe, developing a reputation as a land of relative opportunity where faith could be freely practiced. Halal butchers and other Muslim-owned businesses began dotting the landscapes of the outer boroughs. The 1970s also saw the formal foundation of a wave of religious community organizations, including the Nigerian Muslim Association (Masjid Ibaadurahman) in [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]] and the Muslim Center of New York in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], which was built by South Asian migrants and funded by Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |date=5 April 2020 |url=https://ibaadurahman.org/about-us/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://muslimcenter.org/about-us/}}</ref>
Other community masjids that date back to this period include:
* Masjid al-Abidin in [[Richmond Hill, Queens|Richmond Hill]], founded by Indo-Guyanese Muslims in 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.masjidalabidin.org/about-us}}</ref>
* Masjid al-Farah in [[Tribeca]], founded by [[Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order|white American Sufi converts]] in 1983<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dergah al Farah |date=21 March 2016 |url=http://nurashkijerrahi.org/contact/dergah-al-farah/}}</ref>
* Masjid al Falah in [[Corona, Queens|Corona]], the city's first purpose-built mosque built in 1983 by Haji Mohammed Abdul Alim Khan. Designed by a Korean engineer, it received an honorable mention from the Queens Chamber of Commerce for excellence in construction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Masjid al Falah |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHjLgflkln/?hl=bn}}</ref>
* Masjid al-Aman in [[East New York, Brooklyn|East New York]], founded by Bangladeshis in 1987<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://masjidalaman.com/about/}}</ref>
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==== The Trump era ====
The election of Donald Trump in 2016 marked another chapter for Islam in the city, with state-sanctioned nativism targeting Muslims in particular. In 2016, in the midst of Trump's election campaign, a Bangladeshi imam and his assistant were shot dead in the [[Ozone Park, Queens|Ozone Park]] section of Queens. Although a motive was never uncovered, some congregants blaming the presidential candidate for cultivating a climate of anti-Muslim hatred.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Islamophobia On The Rise In New York. But So Is Islam. |url=https://wskg.org/islamophobia-on-the-rise-in-new-york-but-so-is-islam/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |archive-date=2022-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026051023/https://wskg.org/islamophobia-on-the-rise-in-new-york-but-so-is-islam/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-03-24 |title=Man Convicted in Killing of NYC Muslim Cleric, Assistant as They Walked Home From Mosque |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/oscar-morel-convicted-killing-muslim-cleric-assistant-queens-murder/447905/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=NBC New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
New York's Muslims have responded to these challenges in a variety of ways, from filing lawsuits against the police to running for political office and focusing on business or stacking up. In January 2017, following the signing of Executive Order 13769 (commonly known as the Muslim Ban), [[Protests against Executive Order 13769|thousands of protesters of all faiths convened at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens]], setting off a national protest movement in solidarity with Muslims across the country. Members of the New York Taxi Workers' Alliance, a predominantly Muslim taxi worker union, went on strike at the airport and refused to pick up passengers.
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== Notable mosques and other institutions ==
The [[New York metropolitan area]] is home to 275 [[:Category:Mosques in New York City|mosques]], more than anywhere else in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=American Mosque Survey 2020 Report 1 {{!}} ISPU|url=https://www.ispu.org/report-1-mosque-survey-2020/|access-date=2021-06-02|language=en-US}}</ref> Notable mosques in the New York
In 2023, Mayor Eric Adams announced new rules allowing mosques in the city to broadcast the [[adhan]] on Fridays, and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-29 |title=Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-muslim-call-to-prayer-310d428e84733640eb16fa7a18baffb6 |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
== Islam elsewhere in the New York City metropolitan area ==▼
[[Paterson, New Jersey]], in the [[New York City metropolitan area]] west of New York City, was estimated to have become home to 25,000 to 30,000 Muslims as of 2011. Paterson has been nicknamed ''[[Little Ramallah]]'' and contains a neighborhood with the same name and an Arab American population estimated as high as 20,000 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/palestinian-flag-raising-is-highlight-of-heritage-week-in-paterson-1.1324680 |title=Palestinian flag-raising is highlight of heritage week in Paterson |last=Deena Yellin |date=May 3, 2015 |publisher=North Jersey Media Group |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505040613/http://www.northjersey.com/news/palestinian-flag-raising-is-highlight-of-heritage-week-in-paterson-1.1324680 |archive-date=May 5, 2015 |access-date=May 4, 2015 }}</ref>▼
▲[[Paterson, New Jersey]], in the [[New York
===Little Istanbul===
"Little [[Istanbul]]" ({{lang-tr|Küçük İstanbul}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/world/local-community-shows-support-of-palestinians-1.1054058|title=Hundreds of Palestinians rally in Paterson in protest of Israeli military campaign|author=Hannan Adely|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=2014-07-19|accessdate=2014-07-19}}</ref> is an area of [[South Paterson]] centered on Main Street. This rapidly growing [[Turkish Americans|Turkish American]] enclave is the largest in the United States in addition to housing many [[Palestinian]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/paterson-s-palestinians-celebrate-annual-flag-raising-at-city-hall-1.1018509 |title=Paterson's Palestinians celebrate annual flag-raising at City Hall - News - NorthJersey.com |website=www.northjersey.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520110540/http://www.northjersey.com/news/paterson-s-palestinians-celebrate-annual-flag-raising-at-city-hall-1.1018509 |archive-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Lebanese, Syrians, [[Jordanian American|Jordanians]], and [[Arabs|Arab immigrants]] from a variety of other countries. Paterson is home to the largest [[Turkish Americans|Turkish-American]] immigrant community in the United States (Little Istanbul) and the second largest [[Arab American|Arab-American]] community after [[Dearborn, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002057985_webmuslims08.html |title= |website=seattletimes.nwsource.com |access-date=2014-12-10}}{{
The area is also part of [[Lakeview, Paterson|Lakeview]], which lies to the east of East Railroad Avenue. The area is bounded on the south by [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]], on the west by [[NJ 19]] and on the north by [[Interstate 80|I-80]]. There are many Middle Eastern restaurants, grocery stores and stores in the area. Main Street has the largest concentration of these, but there are other Turkish and Arab stores and restaurants throughout the area. The area is mostly residential with commercial zoning along Main Street.
===Little Bangladesh===
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