You're listening to Code Switch, I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji.

And I'm Jean Demby.

On the Wednesday that this episode is dropping, the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments

and what is likely to be the biggest case of this term, Trump v. Hawaii, what most of us

know as the Muslim travel ban case.

The case will determine the constitutionality of the White House's ban on keeping nearly

150 million people, the large majority of whom are Muslim, from entering the US.

This case has already had serious ramifications for many Muslims who live in the United States.

Muslims make up about 1% of the US, but they seem to take up a lot of space in the American

imagination.

On this episode, we're going to explore why that is.

To help us, we're tagging in NPR correspondent Leila Faro.

Leila spent months reporting a series called Muslims in America a new generation.

She spoke to all types of Muslims from communities all over the US.

So Leila, you just finished a multi-part series about Muslims in the United States.

Why did you want to report on this right now?

Well, I think I just returned from covering the Middle East for 12 years.

And I got to the US at a time where the presidential election had caused quite an upset.

And it was this realization that people kind of just don't know anything about each other.

And everybody's living off the stereotypes of the people they kind of intersect with,

but don't necessarily interact with.

And Muslims in Islam was coming up constantly.

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