Displaying Author: Bridge Initiative Team
05 Jan 2024 | Organizations
Protected: Factsheet: Alp Services
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. read the complete article
11 Dec 2023
Five Questions on Islamophobia in France
In Episode 10 of “Unpacking Islamophobia,” our guest is Rim-Sarah Alouane who is a French legal scholar and PhD candidate named one of the 2023 European Young Leaders Under 40 by the Friends of Europe and whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, BBC and France 24. read the complete article
06 Dec 2023 | Event
Report Launch: Hindutva in Britain
Join The Bridge Initiative and Community Policy Forum as we launch a new report examining the presence of Hindu nationalism in the UK, and how last year’s events in Leicester were used by anti-Muslim voices to sow division in one of the UK’s most multicultural cities. read the complete article
24 Nov 2023 | Policy/Law
Hindutva in Britain
This report analyzes the historical and contemporary context that has cultivated the complex landscape in which Hindu nationalist influences have materialized in the UK. Our research provides an overview of Hindutva in India, the Islamophobia industry and its connection to Hindutva, UK-based groups and individuals who have expressed or supported Hindu nationalist sentiment, and the 2022 Leicester riots, the political response and fallout following the events in the city. read the complete article
13 Nov 2023
Five Questions on Islamophobia in the War on Terror
In Episode 9 of “Unpacking Islamophobia,” our guest is Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award–winning reporter and author of the book Reign of Terror: How The 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump. read the complete article
03 Oct 2023
Five Questions on Europe Quran Burnings
In Episode 8 of “Unpacking Islamophobia,” our guest is Professor Farid Hafez, an Austrian academic who currently serves as a distinguished visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College in Massachusetts and co-editor of the annual European Islamophobia Report, a collaborative work with 40 scholars covering more than 30 European countries. read the complete article
05 Sep 2023
Five Questions on Islamophobia in Australia
In Episode 7 of “Unpacking Islamophobia,” our guest is Professor Susan Carland, an Australian Muslim academic and television presenter who specializes on a wide array of topics, including issues related to women in Islam. Since Islamophobia manifests in different parts of the world in different ways, Professor Carland provides insight into how Islamophobia has shown up in Australia for the last several decades. read the complete article
01 Aug 2023 | Law Enforcement
Protected: Factsheet: War on Terror
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. read the complete article
27 Jul 2023
Silencing Muslim voices: France’s authoritarian security state
This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Researcher Farid Hafez originally appeared in EU Observer. On 24 July, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom issued an alarming policy briefing on religious freedom concerns in the European Union at… read the complete article
13 Jul 2023 | Individuals
Protected: Factsheet: Friedrich Merz
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. read the complete article