ISPU in the News

The Council on Foreign Relations: The Trump Coalition: What Do the President’s Voters Think About Foreign Policy? The Council on Foreign Relations published a report using ISPU data to contextualize […]

The Guardian: ‘It’s just straight bigotry’: wave of Islamophobic rhetoric looms over US midterm elections Abdul El-Sayed – or “Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed”, as Tuberville called him on X – was […]

USA Today: 25 years after 9/11, many Muslims fear a new backlash Now, 25 years after the attacks, Muslims across the country are asking the same question as they experience rising Islamophobia and concerns […]

Common Dreams: Muslim Children Should Not Carry the Burden of the 9/11 Attacks In a 2025 survey of Muslims, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), found, “Forty-seven percent […]

RNS: Mosques have more than doubled since 9/11. But Muslims say opposition is fierce. Mosque opposition campaigns often coincide with midterms or national flashpoints. But they also consistently occur outside […]

CAIR on AIR: 25 Years After 9/11: Why Is Anti-Muslim Hate Still Rising? Dr. Saher Selod, is a sociologist and researcher whose work focuses on Islamophobia, racialization, surveillance, and the […]

El Pais: New York: from post‑9/11 suspicion of Islam to its first Muslim mayor The aftermath of the 2001 attacks produced some concrete acts of violence. The best-known one occurred […]

The Hill: As public trust declines, Muslim politicians are rising to the occasion Voter registration among eligible Muslim Americans rose from 60 percent in 2016 to 85 percent in 2025, according […]

Religion News Service: After mall stabbing, Utah faith leaders warn against anti-Muslim rhetoric A conducted last year by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding found that 63% of Muslim Americans […]

The National: Muslims ‘used as scapegoats’ as Islamophobic political rhetoric rises in US Saher Selod is director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a research organisation […]