Islamophobia

A Threat to All

ISPU examines the impact of Islamophobia on the wider public and offers historical context as well as modern day best practices to meet this challenge.

The year 2050 is when many experts project that America will become a nation without a specific ethnic or racial majority. While some welcome this growing diversity, others see it as a demographic threat and are working to broadly erode the rights of several historically marginalized and minority groups, including American Muslims. Seeking to offer solutions to the American Muslim community’s toughest challenges through sound research, ISPU launched Islamophobia: A Threat to All.

A young boy at a rally carries a sign that says "we have different religions, but we are still friends"

ISPU’s Islamophobia work is powerful. I use it all the time in my work organizing for social justice. Since hearing about the research, that showed the intersectionality between anti-Muslim bigotry and other types of bigotry, we have conducted more than 50 trainings to coalition build. And it works!

– Manzoor Cheema, Movement to End Racism and Islamophobia

Reports + Community Briefs

Community Brief | Strength Through Diversity: Four Cases of Local and State Level Coalition Success
Since 9/11, the public spotlight on American Musli
Alejandro Beutel
02 January, 2014
Full Report | Strength Through Diversity: Four Cases of Local and State Level Coalition Success
Since 9/11, the public spotlight on American Musli
Alejandro Beutel
01 January, 2015
Manufacturing Bigotry: A State-By-State Legislative Effort to Pushback against 2050 by Targeting Muslims and Other Minorities
Demographics in the United States are changing rap
Alejandro Beutel
10 November, 2014
Religious Freedom and Discrimination in America – Then and Now: Lessons Learned for American Muslims and Their Allies
In the anti-sharia laws being enacted today in sta
Asma Uddin
10 November, 2014

Restrictive Measures Map

A US map showing state control by republicans, democrats, or split

Click the graphic above to view an interactive map that uses data from over 3100 bills across all 50 states to track which state lawmakers supported legislation targeting reproductive rights, voting rights, refugees, Muslims, and more.

Legislation Restricting Rights Hurts All Americans infographic

This infographic shows how the same legislators that target Muslims also often support laws that disproportionately harm other marginalized groups.

Videos

What do Muslims, immigrants, women, LGBTQ people, labor union members, and people of color have in common? They are all targets of restrictive legislation, often by the very same lawmakers. Watch this video to learn more.

What is Islamophobia? Why is there so much of it? And how does it impact all of us? ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed answers these questions.

On the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Muslim Ban, a panel of experts discussed the law surrounding the Ban, links between societal and systematic Islamophobia, and frameworks to understand Islamophobia.

This event discussed Islamophobia in the context of an increasingly diverse America by highlighting ISPU research on anti-Muslim prejudice and its connection to bigotry targeting other communities.

Dr. Emile Bruneau, Director of the Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab and Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, presented his findings on how to effectively counteract personal Islamophobia.

Countering and Dismantling Islamophobia:

A Comprehensive Guide for Individuals and Organizations

Islamophobia manifests in many different anti-Muslim activities. Khaled Beydoun, a scholar of Islamophobia, identifies three types of Islamophobia: structural, individual, and dialectic. This toolkit is a collection of resources and proven best practices to empower communities and individuals to effectively counter and dismantle Islamophobia in its various forms.

Get the toolkit