Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) headquarters (Eastside Main Center)
As of 2012, the city of Houston has the largest Muslim population in Texas and the largest Muslim population in the Southern United States. That year, Kate Shellnut of the Houston Chronicle wrote that "Some estimate that Muslims make up 1.2 percent of the city's population."[1] As of 2012 the estimated population of Muslims in Houston was around 63,000. As of today, there are over 209 mosques and storefront religious centers, with the largest being the Al-Noor Mosque (Mosque of Light) of the Al Noor Society of Greater Houston.
In 2007 Barbara Karkabi of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the Sunni and Shia Muslims "generally enjoy good relations in Houston."[2] The University of Houston has separate student organizations for Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims, the mostly-Sunni Muslim Students Association and the Shia Association of Muslim Students.[2]
As of 1990 the ISGH served as the main Sunni mosque system in Houston,[3] as in that year it had multiple branches there,[3] and as of 2000, most Sunni mosques in the city are a part of the ISGH.
Culturally, ISGH and the Al-Noor Islamic Society have different views on when to start Ramadan. The former uses the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) of starting it with the first sighting of the moon in North America while the latter strictly uses the first sighting of the moon in the local Houston area.[4]
^Shellnutt, Kate. "U.S. sees rise of Islamic centers." Houston Chronicle. March 8, 2012. Retrieved on May 3, 2014.
^ abKarkabi, Barbara. "The two faces of Islam" (Archive). Houston Chronicle. February 24, 2007. Retrieved on May 3, 2014.
^ abFischer and Abedi, p. 269.
^Dooley, Tara. "Ramadan starts today in Mideast, but not here." Houston Chronicle. October 4, 2005. Retrieved on May 4, 2014.
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