In her May National Geographic article, Leila Fadel details her visits to different Muslim communities throughout the U.S. The article is part of the Diversity in America series, which covers racial, ethnic, and religious groups, and examines their changing roles in 21st century life.
The 2018 survey by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) charts the attitudes and policy preferences of Americans concerning Muslims and Islam, and introduces the first Islamophobia Index, a scale that measures anti-Muslim prejudice in America.
Writing on MuslimGirl.com, Leah Vernon observes that, while Muslim women’s movements have been making waves online recently, the majority of Muslim women still are not represented in the media, reflecting and propagating the discrimination they face from both outside and within the community.
The results of the Pew Research Center’s survey reveal, among other findings, that foreign-born and U.S.-born Muslim Americans engage in about the same levels of religious practice, while foreign-born Muslims tend to have a stronger socioeconomic foothold than their U.S.-born counterparts.
A 2017 Pew Research Center survey of U.S Muslims examines the extent to which belief in God, social justice, the environment, modest dress, halal food, and marriage, among other factors, are essential to religious identity. The survey reveals most U.S. Muslims believe they have a lot in common with other Americans.
