Displaying Research Topic: Policy/Law
17 Nov 2022 | Policy/Law
Criminalizing Muslim agency in Europe: The case of ‘political Islam’ in Austria, Germany, and France
This article discusses the emergence of a discourse on ‘political Islam’ in the policy circles of European elites. It interprets this discourse on one hand as a manifestation of the further criminalization of Muslimness emanating from programs of countering... read the complete article
07 Nov 2022 | Individuals
India’s 2022 Anti-Muslim Yearbook: Bollywood Bigotry & Hijab Bans
India’s movie industry known as “Bollywood” has cemented itself as the world’s leading film market when it comes to selling seats (2 billion tickets sold annually). Even though India’s most famous Bollywood superstar is a… read the complete article
31 Oct 2022 | Policy/Law
Is a Genocide of Muslims Underway in India?
Over the past decade, India has experienced a dangerous rise in Islamophobia. There are near daily episodes of harassment, public beatings and mob assaults, destruction of property, and lynchings that have created an atmosphere of fear for the country’s 200+ million Muslims. read the complete article
31 May 2022 | Policy/Law
The Misappropriation of Islamic Terminology
Phrases such as “Christian Sharia Law” and “election jihad” do two things: 1) use Islam and Muslims as a point of reference for all things bad, evil, and unjust, and 2) acknowledge the negative connotations around Islamic terminology in the post-9/11 world and misappropriate these terms to manufacture a threat. Both scenarios are successful because the association of Islam and Muslims with danger is already ingrained in the public’s mind. It’s not only a replay of age-old orientalist thinking — everything “over there” is bad/uncivilized, and “we” are not “them” — but it’s also a sort of linguistic Islamophobia, instrumentalizing Islamic terminology to connect Muslims with danger, violence, and oppression. read the complete article
28 Apr 2022 | Individuals
The Criminalization of Muslim Civil Society
Writing in The Times this week, Cameron claimed that organizations critical of the government’s PREVENT strategy are advocating for a “separate system [that] threatens the very cohesion we need to foster.” He further accused those critical of counterterrorism of “enabling terrorism.” The distinctive part of the entire article is that the critics he points to are exclusively British Muslim organizations who have spent years highlighting the devastating role PREVENT has had on the community. read the complete article
11 Jan 2022 | Law Enforcement
20 years of Guantánamo: a symbol of injustice, abuse, and disregard for the rule of law
On January 11, 2002, the first individuals arrived at the Guantánamo Bay Military Prison. In the twenty years since the establishment of the prison, a total of 780 Muslim men and boys have passed through the prison, with over 98% never being charged with a crime. In the two decades since its founding, only two prisoners have ever been convicted. read the complete article
07 Oct 2021 | Policy/Law
The Terror Trap: The Impact of the War on Terror on Muslim Communities Since 9/11
On October 7, 2021, 20 years since the U.S. launched the War in Afghanistan as part of its Global War on Terror, a group of seven civil society and research organizations, including The Bridge Initiative, are releasing a detailed report on the impact and consequences of the War on Terror. read the complete article
27 Apr 2021 | Policy/Law
On the Tenth Anniversary of the Radicalization Hearings, What Has Changed?
Last month represented the ten year anniversary of Peter King’s radicalization hearings. Held between March 2011 and June 2012, the five congressional hearings on the purported radicalization of the American Muslim community amplified Islamophobia on… read the complete article
08 Feb 2021 | Policy/Law
For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, discrimination even in death
It’s been over a year since the first strain of COVID-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world with over two million individuals losing their lives,… read the complete article
19 Nov 2020 | Law Enforcement
Xinjiang and Kristallnacht in Austria: Freedom of Religion Under Threat
On November 9 of this year, the Austrian government commemorated Kristallnacht of 1938—known as the “Night of the Broken Glass”—a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria that took place on… read the complete article