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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
Islamophobes in Power: The Czech Republic
Many observers, especially from the rest of the world, wished for Jiří Drahoš to become the new president of the Czech Republic after the first directly elected president in 2013, Miloš Zeman. Zeman won only in a second round by a thin but decisive margin of 51.5% to 48.5% against his opponent Drahoš. Zeman, who…
Islamophobia in 2017: Year In Review
2017 was arguably the worst year for Islamophobia in America since 9/11.
I am not your Muslim!
This op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared on LeMuslimPost. Unfortunately and as it has been thoroughly documented, Europe has not solved its white supremacy problem and its tradition of othering minorities. Professor Hafez draws the connecting line between Raoul Peck’s quotation from Baldwin from 1963 to Sartre’s work on antisemitism and Edward…