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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: collateral damage of China’s belligerent nationalism
Today, there are 3 million Uyghurs in internment camps in Xinjiang, stripped of civic rights and made powerless by a new, dangerous brand of Chinese nationalism. Historically, nationalism has often relied on the identification of a counter threat, and sustained by the vilification of a perceived enemy. In much of the world today, that threat…
2019 Poll: Islamophobia Driven By Politics, Not Religiosity
In the aftermath of the March 2019 New Zealand mosque massacre in Christchurch which killed 50 innocent Muslim worshipers, the global discourse on Islamophobia in the Western world has taken on new meaning. With weaponized versions of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism leading to terrorist mass murders at mosques and synagogues against religious minorities in the West,…
The Language of the Ōtautahi/Christchurch Shooter Is at Home in the United States
On March 15, 2019, a white Australian man entered two mosques in Ōtautahi/Christchurch and opened fire upon worshippers performing Jummah (Friday) prayer. Fifty people were murdered that day, and 48 sustained serious injuries. The shooter, who streamed his actions live on Facebook, published a ‘manifesto’ titled “The Great Replacement.” The document, which he published prior…