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31-444: The founders of the mosque, Bangladeshi Americans , were followers of Allama Abdul Latif Chowdhury . It first opened in a storefront on Joseph Campau in 2000 and moved into a former medical clinic in 2001. In 2004 the mosque purchased an adjacent building so it could establish a madrassa (Islamic school). The mosque attracted national attention in 2004, when it requested permission to broadcast its call to prayer . This upset many of

62-616: A bachelor's degree. Almost 22% of Bangladeshis over the age of 25 earned at least a bachelor's degree, compared to less than 25% of the U.S. population. Bangladeshi Americans strongly favor the Democratic Party . Republican President Richard Nixon 's support of Pakistan during Bangladesh's struggle for independence partly swayed Bangladeshis to the Democratic Party. In the 2012 U.S. presidential election , 96% of Bangladeshi Americans voted to reelect Barack Obama . In

93-885: A new community and a peaceful life. In Atlantic City, Bangladeshis established an association, and two smaller Melas are held in June/July and in August. The Los Angeles Bangladesh Association was created in 1971, and there were 500 members of the Texas Bangladesh Association in 1997. The Bangladeshi population in Dallas was 5,000 people in 1997, which was large enough to hold the Baishakhi Mela event. Baishakhi Mela events have been held in major American cities such as New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; Atlantic City; Washington, D.C.; and Los Angeles; as

124-542: A per capita income of only $ 18,027, below the American average of $ 25,825. In 2015, Bangladeshi Americans had an estimated median household income of $ 49,800, lower than the overall American median of $ 53,600. In 2019, Bangladeshi Americans had a median household income of $ 59,500. In a 2013, NPR discussion with a member of the Economic Policy Institute and co-author of the book The Myth of

155-950: A relatively small number of Bangladeshis have moved from New York City to cities such as Buffalo, New York , and Hamtramck, Michigan, mainly due to low costs of living there. Bangladeshi neighborhoods in New York City include Jamaica, Jamaica Hills, Briarwood , Jackson Heights, Woodside , Elmhurst, Hollis, Queens Village , Hunters Point, Long Island City, East Harlem, Bayside, Hillcrest, West Maspeth and Astoria in Queens; Kensington and City Line in Brooklyn; and Parkchester and Castle Hill in The Bronx . Smaller Little Bangladesh communities can be found in Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Detroit; and Los Angeles. Paterson, New Jersey, in

186-575: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a mosque or other Islamic place of worship in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bangladeshi Americans Bangladeshi Americans ( Bengali : বাংলাদেশী মার্কিনী , romanized :  Bangladeshī Markinī ) are American citizens with Bangladeshi origin or descent. Bengali Americans are predominantly Bangladeshi Americans and are usually Bengali speaking Muslims . Since

217-522: Is also located on Union Avenue. Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman was ultimately certified as the winner of the 2012 City Council election in the Second Ward, making him northern New Jersey's first Bangladeshi-American elected official. The current Second Ward Councilman is Bangladeshi Shahin Khalique, who defeated Akhtaruzzaman in 2016 as well as in 2020. Khalique has largely stimulated growth and advancement of

248-757: Is one of the largest fairs in India , where over 50 million people gathered in January 2001, making it the largest gathering anywhere in the world. In modern usage outside South Asia it has become a term that shows widespread diversity of interpretation, just as has been the case in South Asia. One can find a Nepalese mela in the US, or a Bengali mela in London, such as the Boishakhi Mela . The Boishakhi Mela

279-603: Is the largest open-air Asian festival in Europe and the largest Bengali festival outside of Bangladesh . After the Notting Hill Carnival , it is the second-largest street festival in the United Kingdom , attracting over 80,000 visitors from across the country. Many melas are wider intercultural (though mainly Asian) festivals incorporating music, dance, food and other aspects of mainstream culture. Since

310-501: The 2016 U.S. presidential election , 90% of Bangladeshi Americans voted for Hillary Clinton . In the 2020 U.S. presidential election , 91% of Bangladeshi Americans voted for Joe Biden . In recent decades, the Bangladeshi-American community has become more active in local and national politics, with many Bangladeshi Americans seeking office or forming political organizations to better represent those within or outside

341-577: The New York City metropolitan area , is home to a significant and growing Bangladeshi American community. Many Bangladeshi grocery stores and clothing stores operate in the emerging Little Bangladesh on Union Avenue and on nearby streets in Paterson, as well as a branch of a subsidiary of Sonali Bank , the largest state-owned financial institution in Bangladesh. The Masjid Al-Ferdous mosque

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372-727: The colonization of South Asia by Great Britain, folk religion in villages in the Bengal region incorporated elements of Islam , Buddhism , and Hinduism to varying degrees. Leading up to the modern era , Bengali families increasingly began identifying with a single religious community. In North America, Bangladeshis residing in rural areas often practice their faith at home and make special trips during community holidays like Ramadan and Durga Puja . In cities such as Detroit and New York, Bangladeshi Muslims attend religious activities at mosques in their own ethnic enclaves. Bangladeshi Americans have taken on leadership roles at major Hindu temples in

403-618: The 1960s, Bangladeshi Americans developed the Manhattan restaurant area called Curry Row . Since the 1970s, thousands of Bangladeshis were able to legally migrate to the U.S. through the Diversity Visa Program lottery. Centered on 169th Street and Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, Queens , has become a popular draw due to the large number of Bengladeshi restaurants and grocery stores. Sagar Restaurant, Gharoa, Deshi Shaad, Kabir's Bakery, and other stores in Queens are attractions for

434-544: The 1980s an increasing number of melas have regularly been held in larger towns outside south Asia, especially in the UK and North America. The larger melas tend to be those with larger ethnic minority populations, but many melas are held in communities with small South Asian diasporas. Community ownership of these melas is important to the South Asian communities, who see them as opportunities to share their cultural heritage with

465-596: The Bangladeshi community from throughout New York City. The largest numbers of Bangladeshi Americans now live in the Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, Jackson Heights, Hollis , and Briarwood. Bangladeshi enclaves have also emerged in Parkchester, Bronx ; Ozone Park, Queens ; City Line, Brooklyn . More affluent Bangladeshis have relocated to Long Island , largely due to many Bengladeshi-owned pharmaceutical companies that also employ many Bengladeshis there. However,

496-457: The Bangladeshi cultural group working on the Paterson project. The Shohid Minar Monument was completed and unveiled in 2015. This project reflected the increasing influence of Paterson's growing Bangladeshi community as reported in The Record . In 2014, identified by factfinder census, when Americans per capita income was divided by ethnic groups Bangladeshi Americans were revealed to have

527-530: The Bangladeshi population continues to increase in these cities. The third and largest wave of arrivals came in the 1990s and 2000s. Because of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, professional and educational criteria were not used. Most Bangladeshi immigrants took blue-collar work such as taxi driving and restaurant help. There are 272,338 Bangladeshi in the country, whereas 256,681 of them are reported as Bangladeshi origin and

558-647: The Bangladeshi population in the United States. Other cities including Paterson , Atlantic City , and Monroe Township , New Jersey ; Buffalo, New York; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Boston; Chicago; and Detroit. In New York, it was estimated that 15,000 Bangladeshis resided in the city in the early 1980s. During the late 1970s, some Bangladeshis moved from New York City to Detroit, and Atlantic City for jobs. Homes to prominent communities of other Muslim Americans , in search of better work opportunities and an affordable cost of living, but most have since returned from Detroit to New York and to New Jersey, in hope of starting

589-749: The Bengali community in Paterson. On October 11, 2014, a groundbreaking ceremony was conducted for the Shohid Minar Monument in West Side Park in Paterson. The monument pays tribute to those killed in Pakistan in 1952 while protesting the country's ban on the use of Bangladeshis' native language Bangla (বাংলা) . The monument is modeled after similar monuments in Bangladesh, according to the World Glam Organization,

620-615: The Model Minority Rosalind Chou who is also a professor of sociology. One of them stated that "When you break it down by specific ethnic groups, the Hmong, the Bangladeshi, they have poverty rates that rival the African-American poverty rate." In the 2000 U.S. Census , 57,412 people reporting having Bangladeshi origin. In 2015, it was reported that 16% of the Bangladeshi population in the US had at least

651-501: The U.S. Here is a list of notable individuals in alphabetical order: Mel%C4%81 Mela ( Sanskrit : मेला ) is a Sanskrit word meaning "gathering" or "to meet" or a " fair ". It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gatherings and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sport-related. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were (and in some cases still are) of great importance. This led to their export around

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682-465: The United States since at least the First World War , originating from East Bengal of British India . Since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, immigration to the United States grew slowly but steadily through the 1970s and 1980s. Over 10,000 Bangladeshis have immigrated to the United States annually. Many of the migrants settled in urban areas. New York City is home to two-thirds of

713-519: The city amended its noise regulations to limit the volume of all religious sounds. Prior to this, other mosques in the Detroit area had been using loudspeakers to broadcast their calls to prayer without incident. 42°23′59″N 83°03′38″W  /  42.399805°N 83.060681°W  / 42.399805; -83.060681 This article about a religious building or structure in Michigan

744-894: The community who share similar goals. Bangladeshi Americans are highly visible in medicine, engineering, business, finance and information technology. Bangladeshi Americans have introduced Bengali cuisine through several Bangladeshi markets and stores in the U.S. Some of the largest are in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey ; Central New Jersey ; Washington, D.C.; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Los Angeles, California. Bangladeshi Americans often retain their native languages such as Bengali , Sylheti (prevalent in Bangladesh's Sylhet Division ) as well as Chittagonian (prevalent in Bangladesh's Chittagong and Cox's Bazar Districts) and run many programs to nourish their mother tongues. Many also speak regional dialects of Bengali , such as Noakhailla (prevalent in Bangladesh's Noakhali District ), among many other dialects from various regions. Before

775-510: The early 1970s, Bangladeshi immigrants have arrived in significant numbers to become one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the U.S. New York City is home to two-thirds of the Bangladeshi American population. Meanwhile, Paterson, New Jersey ; Atlantic City, New Jersey ; and Monroe Township , Middlesex County , New Jersey are also home to notable Bangladeshi communities. Immigrants from present-day Bangladesh have been in

806-671: The fastest growing in New York City, counting over 93,000 by 2011 alone. The city's Bangladeshi community is prominent in Jackson Heights, Queens . 74th Street has most of the Bangladeshi grocery stores and clothing stores in Jackson Heights. The Bangladesh Plaza hosts numerous Bangladeshi businesses and cultural events. Recently, one part of Jackson Heights has become an open platform for all sorts of protests and activism. The adjacent neighborhoods of Woodside and Elmhurst in Queens have also drawn Bangladeshi Americans. In

837-399: The highest percentages of Bangladeshi Americans are: Percentage The metropolitan areas with the highest percentages of Bangladeshi Americans are: Percentage New York City is home to the largest Bangladeshi community in the United States, receiving by far the highest legal permanent resident Bangladeshi immigrant population. The Bangladeshi-born immigrant population has become one of

868-401: The mainstream. They are opportunities for bridge-building and community-building and can perform a strong socially cohesive function. More successful outside-of-Asia melas tend to have a strongly diversified funding base with private/public/third sector collaboration. Public money is often spent on the melas. This reflects the mela organisers' and public authorities' joint conviction that, as in

899-550: The non-Muslim residents of the area, which has a large and long established Polish Catholic population. Proponents pointed out that the city was already subject to loud bell ringing from the local church, while opponents argued that the church bells served a nonreligious purpose. Though nothing prevented the mosque from broadcasting the Adhan, to begin with, the city council nonetheless added an official "okay" in May 2004. Later that year,

930-474: The rest are reported as mixed. Bangladeshi Americans are largely concentrated in metropolitan areas in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Great Lakes regions of the country, especially working-class neighborhoods and suburbs. There are smaller concentrations in states such as Texas, California, and Nevada. The states with the highest percentages of Bangladeshi Americans are: Population Some communities with

961-442: The world by South Asian diaspora communities wishing to bring something of that tradition to their new countries. In recent times "mela" also popularly refers to shows and exhibitions. It can be theme-based, promoting a particular culture, art or skill. Generally at "melas" people can find eateries, entertainment activities, shops and games. The Kumbh Mela , held every twelve years, at Prayagraj , Haridwar , Nashik and Ujjain

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