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01 Feb 2018

Islamophobes in Power: The Czech Republic

Many observers, especially from the rest of the world, wished for Jiří Drahoš to become the new president of the Czech Republic after the first directly elected president in 2013, Miloš Zeman. Zeman won only... read the complete article

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19 Dec 2017

Protocols of the Elders of Mecca

The following article by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Arsalan Iftikhar originally appeared in The Islamic Monthly. The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017 was a piece of congressional legislation introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that advocates... read the complete article

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14 Dec 2017 | Law Enforcement

Does Islamophobia Impact the Underreporting of FBI Hate Crime Data?

Federal Data Collection on Hate Crimes: A History Since its first publication in 1991, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an annual report on hate crime data. The FBI employs the hate crime... read the complete article

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16 Nov 2017

Anti-Semitism, Homophobia, and Islamophobia: The Rising Far-Right in Poland

November 11 is commonly known as Independence Day in Poland. Government and political leaders usually commemorate the reinstatement of sovereignty at the end of World War I. For political leaders, it is a celebration of... read the complete article

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14 Nov 2017

On the Intersections of DACA and Islamophobia

“In fighting for substantive immigration protections, we must understand how creating the status of “illegal immigrant” is not a static occurrence but an ongoing political, legal and social process; this is why it is accurate... read the complete article

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22 Oct 2017 | Individuals

Interactive Timeline: Trump on Muslims & The Muslim Ban

In light of ongoing legal challenges to the latest iteration of the Muslim Ban, The Bridge Initiative has compiled an interactive timeline chronicling Trump’s anti-Muslim statements as a public figure, presidential candidate, and as President... read the complete article

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22 Sep 2017

The Role of Islamophobia in the Upcoming German Federal Election

The Federal Chancellor’s image is currently used as the imagination of the liberal opposite pole in the free world to the right-wing populism of Donald Trump. And she has been in power since 2005, and... read the complete article

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19 Sep 2017

The Global Muslim Brotherhood Conspiracy Theory

The Islamophobic Network In January this year, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill for the second time to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Sen. Cruz was mainly guided in this... read the complete article

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19 Sep 2017

Highlights from 2017 Brookings US-Islamic World Forum

As the city of New York prepared to host the 193-member United Nations convening of the 2017 UN General Assembly, the Big Apple was also hosting hundreds of international participants for the 13thÂ annual 2017 US-Islamic... read the complete article

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05 Sep 2017

Islamophobic Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims

Under international law, the concept of “ethnic cleansing” was first officially investigated by the United Nations during the Balkan genocide in the former Yugoslavia during the mid-1990’s. A U.N. commission of experts generally defined the term “ethnic... read the complete article

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Critical analysis on contemporary topics related to Islamophobia.

Islamophobes in Power: The Czech Republic

Protocols of the Elders of Mecca

Does Islamophobia Impact the Underreporting of FBI Hate Crime Data?

Anti-Semitism, Homophobia, and Islamophobia: The Rising Far-Right in Poland

On the Intersections of DACA and Islamophobia

Interactive Timeline: Trump on Muslims & The Muslim Ban

The Role of Islamophobia in the Upcoming German Federal Election

The Global Muslim Brotherhood Conspiracy Theory

Highlights from 2017 Brookings US-Islamic World Forum

Islamophobic Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims