Religious Pluralism in The United States Finding Strength in Diversity

Maryia kelly or Doctor Chusnul maryah is the US consulate general in Surabaya. Doctor chusnul maryah explained that he was not a native American but was born and raised in the Soviet Union. He explained that although most people in the world, were trusted by God, around 80% of the world's population currently lives in an atmosphere that limits religion. Both Muslims, Buddhists, Christians or Hindus, but unfortunately there are people who embrace the beliefs that get persecution. 

In America it is controlled by communists, where when one follows communists, one must denounce religion as a wrong belief system and as a form of ignorance. Communist party members are required to fight against all forms of religion. All governments and leaders of the Soviet Union are members of the communist party.

But we believe that Indonesian Muslims can solve this problem in America. Now in America doctor Chusnul Marya can feel a different atmosphere, Muslims in America have become the second largest believers after Christianity. This is because the government issued an article relating to freedom, namely article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which reads that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

The longer Muslims in America grew and grew, starting in 1913 the construction of the Saint Petersburg mosque which is the largest mosque in Europe outside of Turkey which has a 49-meter high tower and its dome is 39 meters high. 

In 1961 the American government also received a visit from the Indonesian president, Mr. Sukarno, Mr. Sukarno asked to pray at the tomb of Imam Bukhari in Samarkand, which had been lost and left behind. In order to accommodate this request the Soviet authorities found the tomb and then built and opened a mosque and make a quick
renovation to it.

America has a wide variety of religious diversity, Christianity is the largest religion there accounted for 70.6% of the entire population in America. And 5.9% aren on-Christian. Although in Christianity the Christianity is greater, the founders of the United States try to ensure that adherents of the Islamic Religion are also protected in the principles of religious freedom. 

Once an event by Thomas Jefferson who was one of the Founders of the United States who had a copy of the Qur'an, the Qur'an was brought to campaign for religious freedom in Virginia, he demanded recognition of the rights of the Islamic religion.

The diversity of communities in America is mostly adults from various parts of the world. According to the Pew research center project that by 2040, Muslims will become the second largest religious group after Christians in the United States. And proven today Islam has indeed become the second largest religion in America.

According to the Public Religion Research institute, 3% of New York City residents are Muslim. The first Muslims came to New York City in the 17th century more than 280 mosques were in this area of the city. The American Muslim Day Parade in New York City began in 1985 with the aim of giving American Muslims a platform to unite and become part of the country's political process, so that the voice of the Muslim community can be heard in the arena of US politics.

The existence of Islam in America is also clearly visible in the construction of places of worship and places to support the spread of Islam in America, one of which is the mosque. Mosques in the United States increased in number from around 1,209 in 2000 to around 2011. This is an increase of 74% in a decade. Most mosques in the United States are found along the east sand and large lakes. Besides mosques the center of Islamic culture is also highly developed in the United States. 

Not only that, in the world of education is also not restricted to embrace religion, as evidenced in the U.S. constitution requires the court to strike a balance between not supporting certain religions and not restricting religious freedom. But the court has decided not to display religion with excess in the public sphere, but they also decided to support public funds used to support religious clubs at Negri University.