The documentary “Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think” will be shown Monday night at Iowa State, and a panel discussion will follow.

The 55-minute film will be shown in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union beginning at 7 p.m.

The film explores how Muslims around the world really feel about issues of gender equality, terrorism and democracy, according to event organizers.

The film is based on the world’s first major opinion poll, conducted by Gallup, which interviewed Muslims from Indonesia to South Asia, to the Middle East, as well as minority communities in the United States and Europe. 

A panel discussion will take place after the screening.

Panelists include Miriam Amer, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations – Iowa; Sal Syed, Islamic Center of Ames; Arnesa Buljusmic-Kustura, executive director of the Bosniak American Association of Iowa; State Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad, D-Des Moines; and James Broucek, assistant professor of religious studies at Iowa State.

The screening is sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Philosophy and Religious Studies department and the Committee on Lectures.