Institute for Social Policy and Understanding - ISPU

Who is participating in interfaith work in the United States? New nationally representative data from ISPU's latest report, Bridges and Barriers, co-authored with Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign, offers one of the first looks at interfaith engagement across American faith communities.

While the majority of Americans surveyed report that they are not currently involved in interfaith work, 20% of white Evangelicals and 17% of Muslims say they are actively engaged—the highest rates among all faith groups surveyed.

Check out the full report: https://hubs.li/Q04nQb500

🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE IS LIVE

Books play an important role in shaping how children understand themselves and the world around them. Yet for many Muslim children, seeing their experiences reflected in literature has not always been possible.

In this episode of Deep Dives with ISPU, award-winning children’s author and former ISPU board member Hena Khan shares her experience growing up as a Pakistani American Muslim without representation in the books she read—and how that shaped her commitment to creating stories where young readers feel seen and valued.

Hena discusses:
📚 The importance of representation
📚 The impact of book bans
📚 How storytelling can foster empathy and belonging

Watch the full episode today: https://hubs.li/Q04mZx4V0

"Many times, I said on television, 'The problem is Islam. The problem is Muslims. They all want to kill us. They're all crazy.' ... I was hysterical. I believed that. Nothing about that is true, but I believed it."

Today, reports on conservative commentator and host Tucker Carlson's sharp ideological shifts, writing, "Carlson's past statements about Islam and Muslims were extensive and, by his own admission Thursday, wrong."

ISPU's American Muslim Poll data is cited in this piece by Jesus Mesa, who contextualizes Carlson's years of anti-Muslim rhetoric, which he now says was wrong, as well as his recent public reversals.

Read on: https://hubs.li/Q04mQk240