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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
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…
Muslims in Modi’s India: What Would Gandhi Say?
“I am a Muslim and a Hindu and a Christian and a Jew– and so are all of you,” the father of India Mohandas Gandhi once allegedly told some of his followers during the height of anti-Muslim tensions before the 1947 partition of India. During his lifetime trying to create a multi-ethnic and multi-religious secular…