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The Bridge Initiative is a multi-year research project on Islamophobia housed in Georgetown University.
The Bridge Initiative aims to disseminate original and accessible research, offers engaging analysis and commentary on contemporary issues, and hosts a wide repository of educational resources to inform the general public about Islamophobia.
Research & Resources
Xinjiang: Can we call it Genocide?
It’s been three years since reports emerged that China was locking up Uighur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in large-scale camps deceptively dubbed “re-education” centers. Reporting and accounts from Uighurs abroad have revealed the enormity of Beijing’s campaign in the occupied northwestern territory called Xinjiang (referred to as East Turkestan by many Uighurs). The Chinese…
Christchurch Anniversary: The Islamophobic ‘Great Replacement’ Theory
On March 15, 2019, a 29-year-old white supremacist walked into two different mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and live-streamed his mass murder of 51 Muslim worshippers in the bloodiest act of Islamophobic terrorism in modern history. As we commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Christchurch massacre, the most treacherous legacy of the New Zealand mosque…