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Research & Resources
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 as well as the Executive Director of the Centre for Media Monitoring. A 2019 article in the Guardian called him…
Myanmar Sued for Rohingya Genocide at World Court
On November 11, 2019, the African nation of Gambia filed an official lawsuit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague requesting that the World Court condemn Myanmar’s government for violating the 1948 Genocide Convention with its ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslim people.Â
The Spanish VOX party: Another Major Anti-Muslim Force in European Politics
The Spanish VOX party: Another Major Anti-Muslim Force in European Politics According to the European Islamophobia Report, which I have been co-editing since 2015, Spain consistently ranks amongst the least Islamophobic countries in Europe. The VOX party may change that. Following this year’s second national election in Spain, the Washington Post’s Anne Applebaum presented an…