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A parent's job is to support his/her child in whatever the child wants to do as long as it's not illegal or immoral. Too many parents use what would make them happy as a basis to decide what would make their kid happy. They then proceed to make the kid miserable because the kid doesn't want to do what the parent would do if the parent were in the kid's position.
In this case, you've found what appears to be a wonderful woman who makes you happy and who is a positive influence in your life. Due to a very petty reason, your mother wants to separate you two.
On the other hand, you must look at it from your parents' perspective. They're obviously very firm believers in their faith, and their faith teaches that muslims should marry other muslims. You're not doing that, so naturally they're going to have a good deal of conflict.
Now that that's been said, let's get real here. If they didn't want you to find a non-muslim girl to marry, perhaps they should have stayed where there are a lot more muslims to choose from. If you're insistant on thinking other religions are inferior or are sinners because they're not your religion, why the hell would you move to a country where the ratio of your religion to other religions is so small?
Some people want it both ways. They want to move to the U.S. because they get significant economic and quality-of-life improvements over the country they came from, yet they then proceed to look down upon Western culture. I'm not saying give up your religion, but I am saying that if you want to reap the benifits that you get from a country founded and populated by "sinners," then you shouldn't be too upset when your relatives have relations with the sinners, ya know?
Short answer? Marry the girl. Your parents will either get over it or they won't, but your primary responsibility is to run YOUR life, not to let others run it for you.
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