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Commentary on today’s most pressing issues in the U.S. and around the world.
06 Nov 2017
Swinging to the right: Austria bans face veils
This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Daily Sabah. It seems quite intentional that the ban on full-face veiling in public places, infamously known as the so called “Burka Ban,” came… read the complete article
02 Nov 2017
Post-election Austria: A New Era for the Institutionalization of Islamophobia?
This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in The New Turkey. Unsurprisingly, Austria’s national parliamentary elections ended up in a strong vote for the right. With a fulminant participation of… read the complete article
25 Sep 2017
October elections in Austria: Beware of Islamophobes
With the campaign for elections to the Austrian National Council in full swing, a gloomy picture is already emerging on the issue of Islam. Since 2008, Austria′s Muslim population, largely made up of low-skilled workers,… read the complete article
22 Sep 2017
In Solidarity: The Bridge Initiative’s Statement on Anti-Semitic Incidents at Georgetown
We are deeply disturbed by recent anti-Semitic incidents on our campus, including the anti-Semitic and misogynistic bias incident that took place on September 20th, the eve of Rosh Hashanah and the start of the Jewish… read the complete article
28 Aug 2017
Nationalists 1st: Trump, Charlottesville, and racists
Donald Trump successfully drew on the many success stories of right-wing populist parties in Europe to win the elections and become president of the United States of America. He used a slogan that has been… read the complete article
13 Aug 2017
What If Charlottesville Protesters Were Black Muslims?
If you do not believe that there is a “white privilege” double-standard in America today, the only thing that you need to ask yourself in the aftermath of the Charlottesville protests is the following question:… read the complete article
11 Aug 2017
When anti-Semitism and Islamophobia join hands
This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Al Jazeera. There was probably a time when the current leader of the Hungarian conservative party, Fidesz, Viktor Orban, was quite grateful… read the complete article
08 Aug 2017
Mosque Bombed & Trump Doesn’t Care
Let us imagine if we woke up one fine Sunday morning to hear the news of a bombing at a Minnesota church full of white blond-haired parishioners preparing to begin their morning prayers. If that hypothetical scenario did… read the complete article
17 Feb 2017
What Do Terrorists and the Trump Administration Have In Common?
This article by Bridge Initiative Founder and Director John L. Esposito was originally published in HuffPost. Fear of Islam has become the new normal in American and European popular culture. Islamophobia, prejudice towards or discrimination… read the complete article
09 Jun 2016
Memories of Muhammad Ali
Bridge Initiative Project Director Dr. John L. Esposito offers the following reflections on Muhammad Ali and the gracious spirit that characterized several of “The Champ’s” interactions with him over the years. From the time I… read the complete article