{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-muslim-in-the-room.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-forgotten-muslims-xr9_xDzh","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Forgotten Muslims","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7166f19c-1fb9-4229-8b5e-abcd9533d592/0296beb4-a57b-4181-90b5-5dc30b8428c6/the-muslim-in-the-room-album-art.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/f5eaaf72-7787-4dc2-b755-bdf062729f1f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Forgotten Muslims\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this episode, we speak with Melissa McLetchie, a revert sister, a Ph.D. candidate, a wife and an amazing mother of two girls. Melissa is a strong advocate for prison reform and abolition and uses her experiences of being in a 20-year relationship with a Muslim man who has a history of imprisonment to guide her research. In 2020 she completed a Mitacs funded research study exploring the experiences of racialized women supporting an imprisoned loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nIn this episode, she spoke about her lived experiences, the inequities of Muslim prisoners and her advocacy work. \n\nMelissa is an advocate for prison abolition and a scholar-activist. \nPlease visit Melissa's website for more information regarding her work. www.melissamcletchie.com"}