RESEARCH MAKING AN IMPACT
THE LATEST
Islamophobia is Pervasive, Systemic, and a Threat to All
For more than 20 years, ISPU has conducted research on American Muslims and the issues impacting upon Muslim communities. This resource page is a snapshot of what we currently know based on key findings of select reports. Read the findings→
Deep Dives with ISPU: Banking While Muslim
In the latest episode of Deep Dives with ISPU, Executive Director Meira Neggaz speaks Dr. Youssef Chouhoud and Chris Blauvelt (LaunchGood) the experiences of banking while Muslim. Listen now→
Read our 2022 Annual Report
2022 marked 20 years of ISPU. In our 2022 annual report, we highlight the year’s research, our widespread impact, our diverse partnerships, and the people that make ISPU what it is. Read the report→
Join the ISPU Legacy Circle
Join the ISPU Legacy Circle and help fund the next decade of quality research on American Muslims. As the only organization focused on conducting objective, solution-seeking research on American Muslims, we need your partnership in this vital work. Learn more→
Research Making an Impact
Research Making an Impact
WHAT IS ISPU?
ISPU provides objective research and education about American Muslims to support well-informed dialogue and decision-making.
RECENT REPORTS
Analysis: Banking While Muslim
In this analysis, ISPU surveyed nationally representative samples of American Muslims and the general public (American Muslim Poll 2022) and explored banking challenges faced by Muslims and other faith groups. Read the analysis→
Analysis: Views on Climate Change
This analysis, which originally appeared in the American Muslim Poll 2022, examines Muslim views on causes of and solutions to climate change. We’ve expanded on the original analysis with additional graphs and context given the heightened discussions on climate change. Read the analysis→
American Muslim Poll 2022: A Politics and Pandemic Status Report
In its sixth installment, ISPU’s American Muslim Poll 2022 presents an updated demographic profile of American Muslims, diving into markers previously presented and new ones, including military service and jobs created, to further flesh out a profile of a growing and changing community. Get the report→
IL Muslims: Needs, Assets, and Opportunities
The Illinois Muslims: Needs, Assets, and Opportunities report presents an empirical assessment of the strengths and struggles of the Illinois Muslim community, with a comparison to the Illinois general public. Read the report→
WHAT IS ISPU?
ISPU provides objective research and education about American Muslims to support well-informed dialogue and decision-making.
OUR RESEARCH
Our work makes impact in the following areas:
DEVELOPING
COMMUNITY
Researching family and wellness and building community capacity
BUILDING
UNDERSTANDING
Protecting American pluralism and quantifying Muslim contributions
PROVIDING
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Offering platforms for discussion and informing national conversations
OUR RESEARCH
Our work makes impact in the following areas:
DEVELOPING
COMMUNITY
Researching family and wellness and building community capacity
BUILDING
UNDERSTANDING
Protecting American pluralism and quantifying Muslim contributions
PROVIDING
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Offering platforms for discussion and informing national conversations
“Thank you for your hard work. ISPU has always been and continue to be the beacon of knowledge and understanding through facts. Thank you again for making our Muslim community shine.”
JUMAN DOLEH-ALOMARY, Information Technology Audit Director at Wayne State
University and executive board member of Arab American Women’s Business Council
“ISPU’s work is very profound. There’s so much truth in what they do—even making our community put a mirror up and saying this is what’s going on. I think that’s critically important.”
CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB (MI-13)
“You planted a seed about the need for better representation of Black Muslims—women in particular—in the media. The choice I made to feature a young, Black woman came out of [ISPU’s training for journalists]. The seminar helped me see my gaps and blind spots.”
LIZ KINEKE, Broadcast journalist
FEATURED TOOLKIT
COUNTERING MOSQUE OPPOSITION
Recommendations for mosque leaders, policymakers, interfaith and community allies, and more.
OUR IMPACT
STORY OF IMPACT
Using data for successful reentry
“Our organization, Tayba Foundation, has served the education and reentry needs of over 9,300 incarcerated men and women across 42 states in over 500 prisons. Over 90% of our student population are African American and the majority converted while in prison.
So, we were very excited to attend the ISPU webinar on African Americans and mosque attendance to see what we could learn and take back to benefit our students. Myself and a number of the Tayba team attended the event and then had multiple follow-up team discussions about what was shared. The event and the research gave us more insight into some of the dynamics that we must consider. We know that part of successful reentry for returning citizens is to be part of a masjid community, and the ISPU research will aid in how we coach our clients and students on how to best bring regular masjid attendance into one’s life.”
– Rami Nsour, Founding Director of Tayba Foundation
OUR IMPACT
STORY OF IMPACT
A Student’s Compelling Testimony
We know anecdotally that Muslim college students suffer from Islamophobia, but there was room to learn much more. So, ISPU partnered with MSA West to survey over 500 Muslim college students across California, gaining important insights on the well-being of a vulnerable and under-researched population. What we discovered is already making an impact.
Sadia Khan is a legal studies major at UC Berkeley and a member of her campus’ MSA Political Action Committee. In 2019, she testified on a panel at a California State Assembly hearing on campus climate… Read more→
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
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