Presentations + Webinars

ISPU brings its rigorous research on American Muslims and the issues that impact them to the general public and changemakers through virtual and in-person learning events around the country. In 2019, ISPU directly reached more than 21,000 people with our research during education events held in schools, mosques, libraries, civic centers, digitally, and other spaces. This resource page features a selection of recordings from ISPU’s education events, as well as infographic videos highlighting ISPU research.

Keep tabs on upcoming education events via our calendar. Interested in hosting a learning event in your community? ISPU Educators and staff members are based all over the country and available to do just that. Learn more→

American Muslim Poll: 2022

This webinar discussed research on Banking While Muslim based on findings from the American Muslim Poll 2022. Panelists included: Dr. Youssef Chouhoud, Sharif Aly, Amany Killawi, Dalia Mogahed, and Gadeir Abbas.

This webinar explored views on causes and solutions to climate change, and discussed the implications of these findings on Muslim and non-Muslim communities. Webinar speakers included Meira Neggaz (ISPU), Sevim Kalyoncu (Green Muslims), Samra’a Luqman (Concerned Residents for South Dearborn), Kori Majeed (Green Ramadan).

We held a webinar on American Muslim civic engagement and obstacles to voting, one of the timely topics covered in ISPU’s American Muslim Poll 2022: A Politics and Pandemic Status Report. Webinar speakers included Edward Ahmed Mitchell (CAIR), Mohamed Gula (Emgage’s Virginia Chapter), Ishraq Ali (MPOWER Change), Dr. Dilara Sayeed (Muslim Civic Coalition), and Dalia Mogahed (Director of Research, ISPU).

This webinar covers findings on abortion legality and the views of American Muslims from the American Muslim Poll 2022. Webinar speakers included Abed Awad (Awad & Khoury, LLP), Asma Uddin (Aspen Institute), Dr. Ghada Khan (American Muslim Health Professionals), Erum Ikramullah (Research Project Manager, ISPU).

This American Muslim Poll 2022 report launch webinar examined the findings of the Islamophobia Index and demographics of the American Muslim community. Webinar speakers included Dr. Muniba Saleem (University of California, Santa Barbara), Dr. Moustafa Bayoumi (Author, How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America), Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad (Muslim Wellness Foundation), Abed Ayoub, Esq. (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee), Dalia Mogahed (Director of Research, ISPU).

National American Muslim Policy Conference 2024 (NAMPC)

On June 5, 2024 in Washington D.C., the National American Muslim Policy Conference (NAMPC) brought together policymakers and community leaders to address civic needs, strengthen connection to community, activate community voices, and co-create the movement-building strategies needed to make long-term change possible and drive collective impact.

NAMPC is a joint initiative by American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP), Emgage Action, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), Muslim Civic Coalition (the Coalition), and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), and aims to address Muslim policy priorities and challenges by bringing together policymakers and community leaders to craft a comprehensive, realistic policy agenda, particularly ahead of elections.

Featuring Abbas Alawieh (Policy & Political Strategist), Dr. Dilara Sayeed (President, Muslim Civic Coalition), Salima Suswell (Founder and CEO, Black Muslim Leadership Council) and moderated by Mohamed Gula (National Organizing Director and Executive Director of Emgage, Virginia), this panel explored how Muslims will vote in 2024.

Featuring Sahar Azi (Distinguished Professor of Law, Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, and Middle East and Legal Studies Scholar, Rutgers University Law School), Ahmad Maaty (Chair, Board of Directors, Muslim Americans in Public Service), Robert McCaw (Government Affairs Department Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations), and Kaden Ouimet (Student Government Senator, American University Moderator) and moderated by Petra Alsoofy (Senior Outreach and Partnerships Manager, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding), this panel explored rising Islamophobia during a critical election year.

Featuring panelists Wa’el Alzayat (CEO, Emgage), Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17), Tuqa Nusairat (Executive Director, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding), and Josh Paul (Former Director, U.S. Department of State) and moderated by Salam Al-Marayati (President, Muslim Public Affairs Council), this panel discussed a call for consistency in US foreign policy, especially in light of the human rights crisis in Gaza.

Featuring speakers Dr. Farha Abbasi (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Michigan State University), Maaria Mozaffar (Legislative Lead, Muslim Civic Coalition), and Dr. Zaher Sahloul (President, MedGlobal), and moderated by Faraz Siddiqui (Vice President, American Muslim Health Professionals), this panel discussed mental health, humanitarian crises, and health care crises currently facing Americans.

Webinars on American Mosques

July 6, 2021 – This webinar reviewed Report 1 of the US Mosque Survey: Basic Characteristics of the American Mosque, published in June 2021. The webinar featured ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed, Report Author Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Azhar Azeez (ISNA), Tayyab Yunus (CMP), and Dr. Scott Thumma (Hartford Seminary).

August 23, 2021 – This webinar reviewed Report 2 of the US Mosque Survey: Perspectives and Activities, which was published in July 2021. The webinar featured ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed, Report Author Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Dr. Ingrid Mattson (Hurma Project, ISNA), and Dr. Besheer Mohamed (Pew Research Center).

October 18, 2021 – This webinar discussed the topic of Understanding the Decrease in African American Mosques and Attendees building on findings from the US Mosque Survey 2020. The webinar featured Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Dr. Besheer Mohamed, Aisha Al-Adawiya, Imam Jihad Saafir, and Rasheed El Shabazz, ISPU Black Muslim Experiences Research Fellow (panel moderator).

May 26, 2022 – This webinar reviewed recommendations from ISPU’s toolkit, Countering Anti-Muslim Opposition to Mosque and Islamic Center Construction and Expansion. The toolkit offers recommendations and resources to understand, preempt, and challenge opposition to mosque and Islamic center construction and expansion.

American Muslim Poll: 2020

October 2, 2020 – Dalia Mogahed, ISPU Director of Research; Ishraq Ali, MPower Change Field Organizing Director; and Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui, ISPU Scholar and Assistant Professor at Winston-Salem State University discuss civic engagement data from the American Muslim Poll 2020.

October 10, 2020 – Dalia Mogahed, ISPU Director of Research; Rabbi Dr. Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Associate Professor Emeritus at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; and Dr. Kayla Wheeler, ISPU Scholar and Assistant Professor at Xavier University discuss the findings on Islamophobia from the American Muslim Poll 2020.

October 21, 2020 – Youssef Chouhoud, ISPU Expert and American Muslim Poll Analyst and Advisor; Asma Uddin, ISPU Scholar and Inclusive America Project Fellow at the Aspen Institute; and Margari Hill, MuslimARC Executive Director discuss the findings on political coalition building from the American Muslim Poll 2020.

October 24, 2020 – Dalia Mogahed, ISPU Director of Research; Tahirah Amatul Wadud, attorney and former political candidate; Dr. Sonia Ghumman, Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii; and Manar Waheed, ACLU Senior Legislative and Advocacy Counsel discuss findings about discrimination and bullying from the American Muslim Poll 2020.

American Muslim Poll: 2016–2019

May 1, 2019 – ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed presents key findings from American Muslim Poll 2019 at NYU-Washington DC. This summary is followed by a discussion with moderator Mehdi Hasan and panelists John Esposito, Walter Ruby, and Ibram Kendi.

May 1, 2018 – ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed presents key findings from American Muslim Poll 2018 at the National Press Club. This summary is followed by a discussion with moderator Mehdi Hasan and panelists John Esposito, Kameelah M. Rashad, and Jim Wallis.

March 21, 2017 – ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed presents key findings from American Muslim Poll 2017 at the Newseum. This summary is followed by a discussion with moderator Mehdi Hasan and panelists Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, Dr. Zainab Chaudry, Walter Ruby, and Dr. Susan Sherr.

March 15, 2016 – ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed presents key findings from American Muslim Poll 2016. This summary is followed by a discussion with moderator Ray Suarez and panelists Imam Talib M. Shareef, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Reverend Richard Cizik, and Congressman Keith Ellison.

Anti-Muslim Bullying

December 5, 2018 – This panel discussion covers the findings of ISPU and AMHP’s Religious-Based Bullying report, the connection between mental health and bullying, and parent/child accounts of religious-based bullying.

Journalists: How to Cover American Muslims

April 16, 2018 – Precious Rasheeda Muhammad speaks about Black Muslims and their centuries-long ties to the making of America, reminding journalists of the plurality of Muslim communities.

April 16, 2018 – Dalia Mogahed conducts a brief overview of American Muslims. Who are they? Why does the media matter? And how can journalists replace fear with facts? Learn even more from Dalia by watching her free Poynter webinar for journalists.

April 16, 2018 – Kumar Rao and Carey Shenkman explain how the media covers ideologically motivated violence differently when the perpetrator is perceived to be Muslim versus not perceived to be Muslim.

April 16, 2018 – Dr. Asifa Quraishi-Landes conducts a brief overview of shariah. What is it? How is it related to secular law? How does it affect the lives of Muslims around the world?

Muslims of Michigan

Rebecca Karam, Principal Investigator of ISPU’s Muslims for American Progress (MAP) project, discusses the contributions of Muslims to the state of Michigan, highlighting the stories of some truly inspiring individuals.

June 15, 2017 – Rebecca Karam moderates a live panel in Hamtramck, Michigan with MAP participants Imam Saleem Khalid, Rahaf Khatib, Leon EL-Alamin, Zarinah El-Amin Naeem, Timothy Abdul-Matin, and Marisol Dorantes.

Muslims of New York City

This series of videos documents the unique personal stories of five Muslim New Yorkers.

American Muslim Marriage + Divorce

A conversation with Rafee Al-Mansur (MFT-R), Dalia Mogahed (ISPU), and Madiha Tahseen (The FYI) about divorce in American Muslim communities. In this webinar, you’ll learn about counseling trends, mental health needs, stigma, and available resources.

Reimagining Muslim Spaces

Part 1 of 4 – Using findings from ISPU’s Reimagining Muslim Spaces project, ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed offers recommendations to help Muslim spaces become more welcoming for all.

Part 2 of 4 – Using findings from ISPU’s Reimagining Muslim Spaces project, ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed offers recommendations to help Muslim spaces become more welcoming for young adults.

Part 3 of 4 – Using findings from ISPU’s Reimagining Muslim Spaces project, ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed offers recommendations to help Muslim spaces become more welcoming for women.

Part 4 of 4 – Using findings from ISPU’s Reimagining Muslim Spaces project, ISPU Director of Research Dalia Mogahed offers recommendations to help Muslim spaces become more welcoming for converts.

Wisdom Wednesdays

ISPU Scholar Dr. Sahar Khamis speaks on Arab and Muslim media, cyberactivism, Islamic feminism, and Muslim women.

ISPU Scholar Carey Shenkman speaks on legal and media responses to ideologically motivated violence in the U.S.

ISPU Scholar Nadia B. Ahmad speaks on environmental justice, Islamophobia, and faith and ecology.

ISPU Scholar Dr. Aasim Padela speaks on the intersection of religious practice and the ethics of healthcare provision in the COVID-19 era.

ISPU Scholar Saeed Khan speaks on Islamic bioethics and the advent of artificial intelligence.

ISPU Scholar Dr. Omar Ezzeldine speaks on online learning strategies.

ISPU Scholar Professor Sahar Aziz speaks on the racialization of Muslims, from post–9/11 to post-pandemic.

ISPU Scholar Dr. Nadia Ansary speaks on religious-based bullying and its impact on Muslim kids.

ISPU Scholar Dr. Erik Love, an expert in race and civil rights advocacy in the United States, speaks on anti-racism strategies.

ISPU Scholar Dr. Louise Cainkar speaks on the Muslim Ban and Islamophobia’s connections to white supremacy.

Islamophobia: A Threat to All

March 17, 2016 – 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 and more.

June 24, 2019 – On the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Muslim ban, this panel of experts discussed the law surrounding the Ban and the history of structural Islamophobia, providing analysis alongside calls to action to resist systemic bigotry.

American Muslims + Elections

April 25, 2015 – Dr. Marshall Ganz of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government explains how American Muslims can organize people, power, and change.

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