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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
China justifies its Concentration Camps using “War on Terror” discourse
China has adopted and intensified Islamophobia, identifying the practice of Islam as extremist and the root cause of terrorism, to justify repressive measures aimed at erasing the Uighur Muslim identity. As a result of the work of activists and human rights groups calling attention to the deplorable situation in the autonomous Xinjiang region of northwest…
The Trump Campaign Weaponized Data to Exploit Prejudice and Islamophobia
The Trump Campaign Weaponized Data to Exploit Prejudice and Islamophobia “Hitler attacked the Jews because… he didn’t have a problem with the Jews at all. But the people didn’t like the Jews… so if the people thought… He could just use them to say… so he just leveraged an artificial enemy, well it’s exactly what Trump did….