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Originally posted by BRISK
There probably is a few thousand muslims in the US military.
Most stats I've read say that there are about 3 million muslims in the general US population (or about 1% of the US population is muslim), and there are about 1.4 million people in the US military, so assuming muslims make up 1% of the US military that would be 14,000 muslims in the military.
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I don't know the actual stats but I spent 12 years in the Army '80-'92 and I personally do not recall a single muslim, but then again I did not make it a habit to inquire about a persons religion. I have serious doubts that there is anywhere near 14,000 muslims in the military.