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25 Jan 2024
Protesting Germany’s far-right: Fear of Africanization, Orientalization and Islamization
This article originally appeared in Anadolu Ajenci (AA) on January 24, 2024 and was written by Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez The author has been the Class of 1955 Distinguished Visiting Professor of International… read the complete article
18 Jan 2024
German rebuff of Gaza ‘genocide’ case also has roots in Namibia
This article originally appeared in the EU Observer on January 18, 2024 and was written by Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez The world has now witnessed more than 100 days of war in Gaza… read the complete article
22 Dec 2023
‘Seen as less human’: Why has Islamophobia surged amid Israel’s Gaza war?
In this piece published by Al Jazeera on December 21, 2023, journalist Indlieb Farazi Saber interviewed Bridge Initiative Director, Dr. John L. Esposito, who talked about Islamophobia in light of Israel’s war in Gaza and… read the complete article
22 Dec 2023
State-sponsored hate: How Islamophobia shapes US support for Israel’s actions in Gaza
This article first appeared in The New Arab on December 20, 2023 and was written by Bridge Associate Director, Mobashra Tazamal. From television screens to the halls of Congress, Americans have been drip-fed a steady… read the complete article
04 Dec 2023
4 Criminalising Critical Scholarship: Austria’s Inteligence Service and Islamophobia Studies
This article was written by Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez and appears in the book Disentangling Jihad, Political Violence and Media, published by Edinburgh University Press in 2023. In the article “Criminalising Critical Scholarship:… read the complete article
15 Nov 2023
OPINION – European governments fighting antisemitism with Islamophobia
This article first appeared in Anadolu Agency on November 15, 2023 and was written by Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez ISTANBUL Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin. European leaders’ attempt… read the complete article
06 Nov 2023
Israel-Palestine war: Germany’s march to illiberalism in the name of defending Israel
This article first appeared in The Middle East Eye on November 6, 2023 and was written by Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez Germany’s stance towards the war in Gaza is clear: “In such difficult… read the complete article
26 Oct 2023
What is Islamophobia?
This article was written by Bridge Initiative Associate Director Mobashra Tazamal and appears in NeighborlyFaith in October of 2023. As a researcher on Islamophobia, I have spent years monitoring and analyzing anti-Muslim racism, investigating how… read the complete article
18 Sep 2023
Opinion-France’s obsession with Muslim women’s bodies
This article was published by AA on September 17, 2023 and features Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez The Fifth French Republic is continuing to be haunted by racism. Following the death of Nahel M.,… read the complete article
14 Sep 2023
Understanding Islamophobia across the Global North and South in the War on Terror
This article was published by Jadaliyya on September 14, 2023 and features Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez In the fall of 2022, the authors of this article published an edited book exploring the rise… read the complete article