IQRA: New Report Offers a Blueprint to Move Interfaith Work Beyond Polite Chat
As communities navigate an increasingly fractured social climate, a new study by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) serves as both a warning and a blueprint.
The report, “Bridges and Barriers: Interfaith engagement among American faith communities amid rising Islamophobia,” argues that interfaith work remains a powerful tool for social cohesion and pluralism—but only if organizers are willing to move past superficial politeness and confront the real barriers of systemic bias.