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14 Mar 2023

Five Islamophobia Questions with Rep. Ilhan Omar

In Episode #3 of “Unpacking Islamophobia,” our host Arsalan Iftikhar sits down with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to discuss Islamophobia within American & European politics and address the rise of genocidal Islamophobia in places like India, Myanmar, and China. read the complete article

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14 Feb 2023

Five Islamophobia Questions with Peter Beinart

In the past two decades, there’s been a demonstrable rise in Islamophobia and Antisemitism across the globe. Not only has this manifested in discriminatory and dangerous rhetoric, including the promotion of far-right conspiracy theories by politicians, it has resulted in a number of deadly attacks on Muslim and Jewish communities. read the complete article

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20 Oct 2022

Five Questions with Dr. John L Esposito

In our first episode of “Unpacking Islamophobia,” host Arsalan Iftikhar sits down with Dr. John L. Esposito who discusses the roots of Islamophobia, its impacts on Muslims and non-Muslims, the role of the media in promoting anti-Muslim racism, and what the future looks like if things go unchanged. read the complete article

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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

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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

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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

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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

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30 May 2019 | Educational

Why We Shouldn’t Ask Muslims to Condemn Terrorism / Dr. Todd Green

From Georgetown University, this is Voices on Islamophobia, a podcast by the Bridge Initiative. I’m Hannah Sullivan. When it comes to terrorism, there is no category of individuals who are asked to take collective blame... read the complete article

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20 May 2019 | Educational

Sayeeda Warsi/ On Islamophobia & being Muslim in Britain

The Conservative Party in the United Kingdom has been accused of having an Islamophobia problem, as evidence of anti-Muslim comments made by MPs and incidents of anti-Muslim rhetoric continue to pile up. The party has failed to take any considerable action in tackling this issue, as it has ignored calls to carry out a formal inquiry. Additionally, it has not adopted a formal definition of Islamophobia. Mobashra Tazamal talks about all that and more with Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, former Co-Chair of the Conservative Party. read the complete article

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13 May 2019 | Educational

CAIR’s new report on Islamophobia: An interview with Zainab Arain

In May 2019, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) released its latest report—Hijacked by Hate: American Philanthropy and the Islamophobia Network. Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Kristin Garrity Şekerci spoke with Zainab Arain, the National Research and Advocacy Manager at CAIR National, about the report and its findings. Namely, are mainstream charitable and philanthropic organizations like Fidelity, Schwab, and Vanguard inadvertently funding anti-Muslim groups in the U.S? read the complete article