Muslim communities remain ethnically endogamous despite shared religious identity
Evidence
Because there is a large Palestinian presence in Chicago, the Palestinian Muslims I interviewed socialized amongst themselves. The same was true for the Pakistani and Indian Muslim communities in both Chicago and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. While Pakistanis and Indians would mix, most of the people I talked to were married to someone who was also from their ethnic background. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 520