Mandaean Americans
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| 5,000–7,000[1][2][3][4][5] | |
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Mandaeans in the United States refers to people born in or residing in the United States of Mandaean origin, or those considered to be ethnic Mandaeans.
Communities[]
In the United States, Mandaean communities are centered in:
- San Antonio, Texas (c. 2,500)[4]
- Austin, Texas[6]
- Amarillo, Texas, which has a mandi called the Mandi Al-Sheikh Abdallah Al-Sheikh Sam (Arabic: مندي الشيخ عبد الله الشيخ سام)[7]
- San Diego, California (including City Heights and El Cajon)[8]
- Los Angeles (including Winnetka, California)
- New York City
- Worcester, Massachusetts (c. 2,500)[1][2]
- Metro Detroit (including Warren, Michigan[9] and other suburbs)
- Chicago[10]
- other major metropolitan areas
There are also small communities of Mandaeans in:[11]
There is a mandi in the Detroit metropolitan area.[12]
Refugees[]
In 2007, The New York Times ran an op-ed piece in which Swarthmore professor Nathaniel Deutsch called for the Bush administration to take immediate action to preserve the community.[13] Iraqi Mandaeans were given refugee status by the US State Department in 2007. Since then, more than 2500 have entered the US, many settling in Worcester, Massachusetts.[14][15] The community in Worcester is believed to be the largest in the United States and the second largest community outside the Middle East.[2] About 2,600 Mandaeans from Iran have been settled in Texas since the Iraq War.[16]
Associations[]
Mandaean associations in the United States include:
- [17]
- in Worcester, Massachusetts[2]
- in Warren, Michigan[18]
- in Winnetka, California[19]
- in El Cajon, California
- in Amarillo, Texas[20]
- in Pflugerville, Texas[21]
Notable people[]
- , of the Mandaean World Congress[22]
- , of the Mandaean Society of America in New Jersey[23]
- Lamia Abbas Amara (1929–2021), Mandaean-American poet who lived in San Diego
See also[]
- Iranian Americans
- Iraqi Americans
- Assyrian Americans
- Kurdish Americans
- Mandaean Australians
- Mandaeans in Sweden
- Mandaeans in Iraq (Arabic Wikipedia)
References[]
- ^ a b MacQuarrie, Brian (August 13, 2016). "Embraced by Worcester, Iraq's persecuted Mandaean refugees now seek 'anchor'—their own temple". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Moulton, Cyrus. "Mandaean community opens office in Worcester". telegram.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Sly, Liz (November 16, 2008). "'This is one of the world's oldest religions, and it is going to die.'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ a b Busch, Matthew; Ross, Robyn (February 18, 2020). "Against The Current". Texas Observer. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ Farhan, Salam; al Roomi, Layla; Nashi, Suhaib (October 2015). "Submission on behalf of the Mandaean Human Rights Group to the Human Rights Committee's Periodic Review of Iraq in October 2015" (PDF). OHCHR. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ Mandaean Association of Texas in Pflugerville, Texas.
- ^ Mandaean Brakha, Amarillo Texas. Feb 11, 2019.
- ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002), The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people (PDF), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195153859
- ^ Mandaean Association of Michigan.
- ^ Mandaean in Chicago.
- ^ "Worcester branch of Mandaean faith works to plant roots". December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ The Associated Press (July 1, 2009). "Ancient Iraqi Mandaean sect struggles to keep culture in Michigan". mLive. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ Deutsch, Nathaniel (October 6, 2007). "Save the Gnostics". The New York Times. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ Contrera, Russell. "Saving the people, killing the faith – Holland, MI". The Holland Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- ^ Bell, Matthew (October 6, 2016). "These Iraqi immigrants revere John the Baptist, but they're not Christians". The World. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ Petrishen, Brad. "Worcester branch of Mandaean faith works to plant roots". telegram.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Mandaean Society of Washington DC.
- ^ Mandaean Association of Michigan.
- ^ Mandaean Association of California.
- ^ "Amarillo Mandaean Association". OpenCorporates. December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ Mandaean Association of Texas.
- ^ "Wisam Breegi". Linkedin. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Newmarker, Chris (February 17, 2007). "Because of Iraq war, a small religious group suffers". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
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