The Decline of ISNA: On-the-Scene at an Islamist Convention with Susannah Johnston

The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) once flourished as a prominent Islamist organization. Now its membership has plummeted, its leadership is rudderless, and even the U.S. State Department has distanced itself. Middle East Forum investigative reporter Susannah Johnston “crashed” the latest ISNA convention to learn first-hand about its moral and political collapse. Is this a good development? What is its future? What does it tell us about the wider Islamist movement in the U.S.?