Bridge Initiative Team, Author at Bridge Initiative

22 Apr 2020

Factsheet: Lorenzo Vidino

IMPACT: Lorenzo Vidino is an Italian American legal scholar whose research promotes conspiracy theories about the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and the United States. Vidino is connected to numerous anti-Muslim think tanks in the United... read the complete article

Editorial

21 Apr 2020

For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, the Easter bombing anniversary marks a year of scapegoating and persecution

Originally published by The New Arab on April 17, 2020. On 21 April, 2019, as Sri Lanka’s 1.5 million Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, bombs ripped through churches and hotels in Colombo, Negombo, and Batticaloa, killing at least 350 and injuring... read the complete article

Factsheet

17 Apr 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Sebastian Kurz

IMPACT: Sebastian Kurz is the current Federal Chancellor of Austria and Chairman of the centrist-right New Austrian People’s Party (Neue ÖVP). He previously served as State Secretary of the Interior Ministry for Social Integration and... read the complete article

Factsheet

07 Apr 2020 | Politics

Factsheet: ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (ALTERNATIVE FÜR DEUTSCHLAND/AfD)

IMPACT: Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland/AfD) is a far-right political party in Germany and the first far-right nationalist party to enter the German parliament since World War II. AfD is widely regarded as an... read the complete article

Factsheet

17 Mar 2020

Factsheet: PragerU

IMPACT: PragerU, short for Prager University, is an American conservative organization that produces content to promote“Judeo-Christian values” to their millions of followers through short, lecture-style videos. Although it is not an academic institution, by using... read the complete article

Factsheet

12 Mar 2020

Factsheet: Saida Keller-Massahli

IMPACT: Saïda Keller-Messahli is a self-described Islamic human rights activist of Tunisian-Swiss heritage who is among the most prominent voices mainstreaming Islamophobia in Switzerland. She is frequently featured as an interviewee by Swiss media and... read the complete article

Factsheet

12 Mar 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Hamed Abdel-Samad

IMPACT: Hamed Abdel-Samad is a German-Egyptian journalist and award winning author who has helped shape the public discourse on Islam in Germany. He has written seven books that are not only critical of Islam and... read the complete article

Factsheet

24 Feb 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: National Rally (Rassemblement National, previously Front National or National Front)

IMPACT: National Rally, previously known as National Front, is a far-right political party in France with a decades-long history of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny. National Rally has enjoyed electoral success locally, nationally,... read the complete article

Factsheet

03 Feb 2020 | Terms/Tropes

Factsheet: Great Replacement/White Genocide Conspiracy Theory

IMPACT: The white genocide conspiracy theory is the belief that immigration by people of color, falling white birth rates, and the promotion of multiculturalism are all part of a deliberate plot to destroy the “white... read the complete article

Factsheet

27 Jan 2020 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: Holy Land Foundation

IMPACT: The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) was the largest Muslim charity in the U.S. before it was selectively targeted by the Bush administration less than three months after the 9/11 attacks. After years of litigation—including... read the complete article