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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
Interview | Terrorism & Surveillance with Marc Sageman
Bridge Senior Research Fellow Mobashra Tazamal sits down with Marc Sageman to talk about counter terrorism measures, and their ineffectiveness in predicting violent behavior. Marc Sageman is a forensic and clinical psychiatrist, Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Center for the Study of Terrorism, and author of “Misunderstanding Terrorism”
Islamophobia and the Battlefield of Education
Recently, the Washington Post ran a story on a Christian student who challenged a school history lesson on Islam but lost in court. The high school junior had refused to complete a history lesson on “The Muslim World” arguing that the lesson would have forced her to embrace Islam in conflict with her Christian faith…
Pakistan & Saudi Arabia Throw China’s Muslims Under the Bus
Most people know that Saudi Arabia is home to Islam’s two holiest cities- Mecca & Medina- and that the country of Pakistan is the second most populous Muslim country in the world. Having said that, however, it should collectively shock our global conscience that the respective leaders of these two Muslim-majority states recently refused to…