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Not sure how many are in McLean but as of 2014, Virginia has the fourth highest Islamic population concentration in the United States. By percentage of the total population of counties or independent cities, Emporia, Virginia was reporting having the highest population of muslims in the US as of the 2010 census, with 28.99% of city residents being practicing muslims. Thomas Jefferson purchased his copy of the Quran in Virginia. While President, Jefferson also participated in an iftar (evening meal that broke his daily Ramadan fast) at his Virginia Monticello Estate in 1809. Virginia resident, President George Washington declared that he would welcome muslims to his Virginia Mount Vernon estate if they were "good workmen." Some of the most significant of the thousands of mosques in the US are in Virginia. The second largest mosque community in the US is in Virginia.

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How many Beltway Bandit companies and employees are in McLean? I'd say TONS!

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MacLean VA is also home to the CIA.

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