Editing Bergen County, New Jersey (section)

====Muslims====
Bergen County also has a moderate-sized [[Muslim]] population, which numbered 6,473 as of the 2000 census.<ref name=ARDA>[http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/34003_2000.asp County Membership Report for Bergen County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091504/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/34003_2000.asp |date=September 29, 2007 }}, [[Association of Religion Data Archives]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> Teaneck and Hackensack have emerged as the two most significant Muslim enclaves in the county, with the American Muslim Union's 18th annual brunch gathering held in Teaneck in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/muslim-unity-is-teaneck-event-s-focus-1.1523392|title=Muslim unity is Teaneck event's focus|author=Jean Rimbach|work=northjersey.com|date=March 6, 2016|access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>Troncone, Tom. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610181453/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-99565322.html "A passion for politics"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 27, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2013.</ref> Bergen's Muslim population primarily consists of [[Arab American]]s, [[South Asian]] Americans, African Americans, and more recently, Macedonian Americans and Albanian Americans, although many members of these groups practice other religions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202043434/http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/Arab%20american%20Demographics.htm Arab American Demographics], Allied Media Corp. Archived from [http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/Arab%20american%20Demographics.htm the original] on February 2, 2007. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> While Arab Americans have not established a significant presence in any particular municipality, in total there are 11,755 county residents who indicated [[Arab]] ancestry in the 2000 census.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=504&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A504&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Arab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206103710/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=504&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A504&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> The overwhelming majority of Bergen's Arab American population (64.3%) is constituted by persons of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] (2,576),<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=509&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A509&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Lebanese] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206134510/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=509&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A509&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> [[Demographics of Syria|Syrian]] (2,568),<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=512&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A512&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Syrian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206171815/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=512&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A512&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> and [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] (2,417)<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=506&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A506&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Egyptian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206084406/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=506&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A506&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> descent. The county's [[diner]]s provide late-night and pre-dawn dining options during the Islamic holy month of [[Ramadan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/diners-help-put-n-j-spin-on-ramadan-observance-1.1374114|title=Diners help put N.J. spin on Ramadan observance|author=Hannan Adely|work=northjersey.com|date=July 15, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref>