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Subscribe to Today in Islamophobia

Each day,ย The Bridge Initiativeย aims to bring you the news you need to know about Islamophobia. Curated daily by a team of expert researchers,ย Today in Islamophobiaย sends to your inbox the dayโ€™s…

March 27, 2023
The Bridge Initiative

Podcast | Five Islamophobia Questions with Rep. Ilhan Omar

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) made history in 2019 when she became the first African refugee to become a Member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota,…

March 16, 2023
Event Coverage, Videos

Female Religious Authority in Shi’i Islam: Past and Present

Female Religious Authorities in Shiโ€™i Islam, Past and Present, edited by Mirjam Kรผnkler and Devin J. Stewart, presents the first study, not only in English but also in Middle Eastern…

March 8, 2023
The Bridge Initiative

Podcast | Five Questions with Peter Beinart

n this second episode of The Bridge Initiative's Unpacking Islamophobia, Bridge Initiative host Arsalan Iftikhar interviews Peter Beinart, Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New…

February 14, 2023
Faculty Publications, News

Book Launch with Professor Jonathan A.C. Brown: Islam and Blackness

IHRC to host Professor Jonathan A.C. Brown to discuss his latest book, Islam and Blackness.

January 31, 2023
The Bridge Initiative

Secularism and Sinicization: two concepts used to eradicate Muslim identity

January 27, 2023
The Bridge Initiative

How Austria Made the Study of Islamophobia a Crime

Operation Luxor was the largest police operation Austria had witnessed since 1945. Targeting alleged terrorists, more than 100 defendants were included in the preliminary investigation against leaders of Muslim civil…

January 19, 2023
The Bridge Initiative

2022 Islamophobia in Review: China

In 2022, Chinaโ€™s repression against Uyghur Muslims continued. There was growing international concern over the use of forced labor in the camps and how the international supply chain could be…

January 9, 2023
The Bridge Initiative

2022 Islamophobia in Review: Europe

2022 was another turbulent year for Europe. There were a number of elections, and new heads of state were chosen in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. A new refugee…

January 3, 2023
The Bridge Initiative

Western Double Standards & 2022 Fifa Qatar World Cup

The recent controversies surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup revolve around an ongoing orientalist lens where Western pundits still continue to view the greater Muslim world laced in condescension and…

December 12, 2022
Faculty Publications, News

Professor Khoja-Moolji wins award for new book: Sovereign Attachments

ACMCUย congratulatesย Shenila Khoja-Moolji,ย the Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Associate Professor of Muslim Societies, for winningย the Association for Middle East Womenโ€™s Studiesย 2022ย Book Award!…

December 5, 2022
The Bridge Initiative

On The Politicization of Muslim Women’s Bodies

The politicization of womenโ€™s bodies has been a fixture in nation-building. Throughout history, womenโ€™s bodies have been used as political and ideological battlegrounds, upon which ruling elites debate and issue…

December 1, 2022
The Bridge Initiative

Factsheet: Ednan Aslan

IMPACT: Ednan Aslan is a Turkish-German Professor of Islamic Religious Education at the University of Vienna in Austria. Aslan is frequently interviewed by mainstream media as an expert on Islam…

November 28, 2022
The Bridge Initiative

Criminalizing Muslim Agency in Europe: The Case of ‘Political Islam’ in Austria, Germany, and France

This article discusses the emergence of a discourse on โ€˜political Islamโ€™ in the policy circles of European elites. It interprets this discourse on one hand as a manifestation of the…

November 18, 2022
Narendra Modi BJP
The Bridge Initiative

Indiaโ€™a 2022 Anti-Muslim Yearbook: Bollywood, Bigotry & Hijab Bans

Indiaโ€™s movie industry known as โ€œBollywoodโ€ has cemented itself as the worldโ€™s leading film market when it comes to selling seats (2 billion tickets sold annually). Even though Indiaโ€™s most…

November 7, 2022
Mahsa Amini Protests
The Bridge Initiative

Please Don’t let Islamophobia Co-Opt Hijab Protests

In my nearly two decades as an international human rights lawyer, I have rarely seen stranger political bedfellows than watching anti-Muslim forces cheering pro-democracy Iranians in the wake of the…

November 4, 2022
Hindu Nationalism Protest
The Bridge Initiative

Is a Genocide of Muslims Underway in India?

Over the past decade, India has experienced a dangerous rise in Islamophobia. There are near daily episodes of harassment, public beatings and mob assaults, destruction of property, and lynchings that…

October 31, 2022
Shireen T. Hunter
Videos

Iran Takes a Conservative Turn

In 2018, Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and adopted a policy of maximum pressure. While Iran continued to observe the JCPOA, the country's economy suffered, as did Iranian reformists.

October 28, 2022
Islam and Blackness
Faculty Publications

Islam and Blackness | Professor Jonathan A.C. Brown

It is commonly claimed that Islam is antiblack, even inherently bent on enslaving Black Africans. Western and African critics alike have contended that antiblack racism is in the faithโ€™s very…

October 25, 2022
Mosques Under Threat
The Bridge Initiative

Mosques Under Threat

In the aftermath of 9/11, there was a drastic increase in Islamophobia with countless cases of harassment and violence against Muslims in western countries. In addition to the attacks against…

October 25, 2022
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