The 2017 "Muslim Survey Poll" published by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding found that "Muslims [were] the most likely faith group to support the Black Lives Matter Movement." Muslim Americans supported the movement at a clip of 66 percent, compared to 57 percent for Jewish, 39 percent for Catholic, and 55 percent for non-religiously-affiliated Americans. The general public only supported BLM at 45 percent. Without question, the size of the black Muslim population contributed heavily to the high rate for Muslim Americans. But broad and emphatic Muslim American support may also be attributed to a generational shift in which younger people are openly challenging anti-black racism within their households, communities, and mosques—an indirect but very real consequence of the Arab Spring revolutions, and an indelible effect of the Movement for Black Lives on the scores of non-black Muslim Americans who marched and protested alongside their black brothers and sisters of faith. Dalia Mogahed, one of the authors of the survey and a Muslim American community leader, adds, "Non-black Muslims, especially young Muslims, are as likely as black Muslims to support BLM. I think today they find common cause with other marginalized communities because they've experienced institutionalized racism first hand, especially at the hands of law enforcement."

DEFINE: The highlight presents specific survey data: 66% of Muslims support BLM versus 57% Jewish, 39% Catholic, 55% non-religious, 45% general public.

Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Unde…, loc. 435