Bridge Initiative Team, Author at Bridge Initiative

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

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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

Editorial

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

Factsheet

05 Dec 2019 | Terms/Tropes

Factsheet: Halal Meat Bans

IMPACT: Halal is a Quranic term used to indicate what is lawful or permitted for Muslims. It refers to the requirements that Muslims must adhere to in their daily lives, including in their consumption of... read the complete article

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05 Dec 2019 | Organizations

Factsheet: European Foundation for Democracy

IMPACT: The European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) is a European think tank that whose content focuses on defaming Muslim civil society organizations and attempting to exclude such organizations from the European political field. The EFD... read the complete article

Factsheet

02 Dec 2019 | Individuals

Factsheet: DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

IMPACT: The 45th President of the U.S., Donald Trump has implemented anti-Muslim policies and nominated and appointed individuals to his administration with a history of anti-Muslim animus. He has also used his Twitter to amplify... read the complete article

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02 Dec 2019 | Individuals

FACTSHEET: DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & PRESIDENT-ELECT

IMPACT: As a candidate and eventually the Republican nominee in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, Donald Trump’s campaign included anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy platforms, and praised anti-Muslim organizations and activists. Trump also repeatedly provided a... read the complete article

Podcast

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

Factsheet

22 Nov 2019 | Individuals

Factsheet: Viktor Orban

IMPACT: Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is staunchly anti-immigration and has promoted anti-Semitic and Islamophobic conspiracy theories, including the belief that Muslim refugees are invading Europe to replace the white Christian population. Under... read the complete article