Deep Dives with ISPU

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
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Deep Dives with ISPU

Deep Dives with ISPU expands on the latest research about American Muslim communities through accessible conversations with experts, scholars, and other prolific community leaders about topics ranging from the current state of American mosques, to what makes humor "Muslim". By tuning into our audio deep dives, you'll stay up to date and informed about the most pressing issues facing American Muslim communities today. Learn more about our work: ispu.org

  1. APR 26

    Latino Attitudes Toward American Muslims and Islam

    According to demographic data from ISPU’s American Muslim Poll, 9% of Muslims in the United States are Latino, a steadily growing percentage. In previous research, ISPU found that Latinos have lower levels of Islamophobia than other racial and ethnic groups in the United States and the general public. These demographic trends, coupled with the lower levels of Islamophobia found among this population, motivated ISPU to conduct research to uncover the "whys" of these findings. The result, Latin...

    40 min

  2. 12/19/2023

    Muslims in the U.S. Prison System: Demographics and Litigation

    In today’s episode of Deep Dives with ISPU, Executive Director, Meira Neggaz, sits down with SpearIt, former ISPU Scholar and current professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh, to discuss a unique aspect of American Muslim life: Muslims in the U.S. prison system.Released in August of 2023, SpearIt’s new book, Muslim Prisoner Litigation: An Unsung American Tradition, explores how incarcerated Muslims have historically and currently used legal action to exercise their rights to rel...

    34 min

  3. 11/21/2023

    PART II: Native American and Indigenous Muslim Stories

    Native Americans are often invisible in our public discussion of America, and even more so in any discussion of Muslims in the United States. There is an absence of awareness and lack of representation of Native American and Indigenous Muslims both in the broader US public and within the US Muslim community. Native American and Indigenous Muslim Stories: Reclaiming the Narrative project (NAIMS), the first comprehensive study of its kind, is centered around spreading awareness of the lived exp...

    31 min

  4. 06/22/2023

    Banking while Muslim

    In recent years, Muslim individuals, businesses, and nonprofits have reported facing potentially discriminatory practices at some of the nation’s largest banks. As part of our American Muslim Poll 2022, we published an analysis on the experiences of Banking While Muslim. In this episode of Deep Dives with ISPU, ISPU Executive Director Meira Neggaz interviews Banking While Muslim author Dr. Youssef Chouhoud and Chris Blauvelt, CEO and founder of LaunchGood, to discuss these experiences and fin...

    29 min

  5. 04/05/2023

    How Muslims view causes of and solutions to climate change

    In this episode of Deep Dives with ISPU, ISPU Executive Director Meira Neggaz, in conversation with Imam Saffet Catovic, a long-time US Muslim community organizer/activist and environmental leader, discuss the hotly debated topic of climate change. Opinions about causes of and solutions to climate change were one of several hot button topics covered in our American Muslim Poll 2022, and this conversation sought to expand upon these findings, as well as dig into how faith communities and leade...

    26 min

  6. 11/29/2022

    American Muslim Poll 2022: A Politics and Pandemic Status Report

    Fielded between mid-February and mid-March, American Muslim Poll 2022: A Politics and Pandemic Status Report provides a snapshot of American Muslims and Americans of other faiths as well as no faith two years into the COVID-19 pandemic as we enter a new phase of living with the virus. In its sixth installment, this poll presents an updated demographic profile of American Muslims, measured the Islamophobia Index, and expands on areas of study of institutional and individual Islamophobia and bu...

    16 min
  7. Reclaiming the Narrative: Ashley Wolford

    11/17/2022

    Reclaiming the Narrative: Ashley Wolford

    Visions and Voices, the first publication from ISPU's Native American and Indigenous Muslim Stories (NAIMS): Reclaiming the Narrative project, is the first-ever photo narrative project to center the lived experiences of Native American and Indigenous Muslims in the United States. This research amplifies Indigenous Muslim voices to highlight the challenges, strengths, and needs of this small but incredibly diverse community.ISPU Researchers conducted 17 in-depth, semi-structured interviews wit...

    2 min
  8. Reclaiming the Narrative: Xade Wharton-Ali

    11/16/2022

    Reclaiming the Narrative: Xade Wharton-Ali

    Visions and Voices, the first publication from ISPU's Native American and Indigenous Muslim Stories (NAIMS): Reclaiming the Narrative project, is the first-ever photo narrative project to center the lived experiences of Native American and Indigenous Muslims in the United States. This research amplifies Indigenous Muslim voices to highlight the challenges, strengths, and needs of this small but incredibly diverse community.ISPU Researchers conducted 17 in-depth, semi-structured interviews wit...

    3 min
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Deep Dives with ISPU expands on the latest research about American Muslim communities through accessible conversations with experts, scholars, and other prolific community leaders about topics ranging from the current state of American mosques, to what makes humor "Muslim". By tuning into our audio deep dives, you'll stay up to date and informed about the most pressing issues facing American Muslim communities today. Learn more about our work: ispu.org

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  • Creator
    Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 Deep Dives with ISPU
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