Displaying Author: Bridge Initiative Team
14 Dec 2019 | Politics
It is not just the state of Myanmar that is on trial, but our collective humanity
On December 10, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) trial of Myanmar’s genocide against Rohingya Muslims got underway, de facto state leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi sat steely eyed, impassive. The Gambia, representing a coalition of 52 Muslim majority countries, called on the Court to invoke the 1948 Genocide Convention against Myanmar. Under the Convention, which was ratified by Myanmar in 1956, states can be held accountable for failing to prevent genocide, or failure to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable. read the complete article
02 Dec 2019 | Individuals
Protected: Factsheet: DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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02 Dec 2019 | Individuals
Protected: FACTSHEET: DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & PRESIDENT-ELECT
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25 Nov 2019 | Educational
Islamophobia and Media Portrayal of Muslims in the UK/ Miqdaad Versi
From Georgetown University, this is Voices on Islamophobia, a podcast by The Bridge Initiative. I’m Mobashra Tazamal. Today I sat down with Miqdaad Versi, who is the assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain… read the complete article
31 Oct 2019 | Individuals
Protected: Factsheet: Laura Loomer
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18 Oct 2019 | Educational
Where do we go from here? An interview with Dr. James Zogby
We’re both Donald Trump and the Lady in the Harbor. The point is, we have to remember both. If you only think that we are the one, then you fall prey to a sense of despair, that we are never going to get out of this. read the complete article
10 Oct 2019
Statement: Yom Kippur shooting in Halle, Germany
Our hearts break with the community of the Halle, Germany where a gunman attempted an attack on a synagogue on this holy day of Yom Kippur. We grieve with the families and friends of the… read the complete article
05 Oct 2019
Islamophobic Extremist Group Act for America Advertised Annual Gala at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago
The Bridge Initiative was cited in Newsweek: “In 2016 when he was a congressman from Kansas, current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sponsored a room on Capitol Hill and spoke at ACT’s “Legislative Briefing.” ACT… read the complete article
10 Sep 2019 | Educational
Iran, and our not so distant past with Iraq / Colonel Wilkerson
From Georgetown University, this is Voices on Islamophobia, a podcast by the Bridge Initiative. I’m Hannah Sullivan. Since May 2019, the United States has experienced heightened tensions with Iran. Following a dispute over an attack… read the complete article
31 Jul 2019 | Educational
Racism, Prevent & Structural Islamophobia/ Dr. Tarek Younis
Bridge Senior Research Fellow Mobashra Tazamal sits down with Dr. Tarek Younis to talk about Prevent, one of four components of the United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism strategy. In conversation, issues of deep bias, racism, and structural Islamophobia disguised in plain sight come to the fore. read the complete article