Muslim-majority student enrollment in the US grew five-fold between 1948 and 1965

Evidence

“From 1948 to 1965, the number of students from Muslim-majority countries in the United States increased more than five-fold from 2,708 to 13,664. The Muslim-majority country that sent the most students to the United States was Iran [then a staunch ally of the United States], followed by Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey. A sizable number of students also came from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia.” GhaneaBassiri, A History of Islam, p. 264. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 667

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 667
• XREF: connects to: Muslim-majority populations grew nearly 50 percent between 1955 and 1970 — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 340

Broader Connections

• Muslim-majority populations grew nearly 50 percent between 1955 and 1970 #corroborates (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 340