Category: The Bridge Initiative, Videos

Title: Genocide and the Ongoing Persecution of Rohingya Muslims

Three scholars on Zoom arranged in a triangular orientation on the screen

Genocide and the Ongoing Persecution of Rohingya Muslims

In a discussion on the ongoing genocide and persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Bridge Initiative’s founding director Dr. Esposito speaks with Dr. Ronan Lee, author of Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech, and Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, founder of Justice for All, on the impact of Myanmar’s mass killing of Rohingya Muslims and how Islamophobia played a role in the criminalization and dehumanization of the community.