The Bridge Initiative

A Georgetown University research project that extends information about Islamophobia to the public. RT ≠ endorsement. ❤ ≠ like.

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The infrastructure built to treat Muslim identity as a security threat didn't disappear: it expanded. Today it's been repurposed against immigrant communities, with the same executive powers first justified by 9/11. @mobbiemobes breaks down 25 yrs of this:
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"When the Muslim in question is also a first generation Egyptian American of Arab descent, it generates an online free for all, and a pile-on at Republican rallies and events where naked bigotry is rewarded with cheers and laughter." via @marionmckeone

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The man who attempted to ambush the Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with a question about his loyalty to the US is the son of a political operator who recently received $250,000 for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed

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A parliamentary inquiry has been launched into the Home Office’s protective security for mosques scheme after Hyphen’s reporting revealed it had left hundreds of vulnerable mosques in limbo.

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The ad, subtly connecting El-Sayed’s Muslim faith to people of all belief systems across Michigan, comes as Trump and others ramp up Islamophobic attacks on the progressive former public health official, with two weeks to go until Election Day.

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Dr. Esposito left us a discipline of better questions (whose Islam, which movement, under what conditions) rather than a verdict on Islam and the West. In an age of sweeping judgments, that habit of specificity may be his most lasting gift.

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While the far right’s readiness to exploit crises to fuel Islamophobia is to be expected, the idea that Islam and Muslims are to blame for Europe’s growing woes is no longer reserved for that extreme of the European political spectrum. via @ferithafez

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Pleased to join Rutgers’ Center for Security, Race, and Rights for the virtual launch of its forthcoming report, Punished for Participation, on Islamophobic attacks against Muslim American political candidates.

Joining Yasmine Taeb and Urooj Ali on October 27 to discuss the findings and their implications for Muslim political participation and civic engagement.

📅 October 27 | 2 p.m. ET
Register: https://t.co/oyFc8Cft0Y

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Evans' warning comes as MI5 Director-General Sir Ken McCallum reports a growing threat from extreme right-wing terrorism, particularly cases involving anti-immigration and anti-Muslim grievances.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and leading Republicans are trying to leverage widespread riots in France ahead of midterm congressional elections by making unsubstantiated claims that the social unrest in Europe is caused by Muslim migrants.

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In this conversation, @ferithafez offers a sharp analysis of Herbert Kickl’s strategic positioning, what it signals for the broader European far right, and whether dangerously bigoted political actors truly change their spots.

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What is Sharia?

Sharia is a broad system of religious guidelines that inform how Muslims understand their responsibilities to God, themselves, their families and society.

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Republican strategist Chet Love says conservatives need to be honest about Islamophobia and racism within their party that undermines their message.

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Both the ECI and the ruling party have defended the exercise by using the language of “purification”. In a caste society, that rhetoric is deeply troubling but also revealing.

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FIFA has fined world champions Spain $20,000 over Islamophobic chants by supporters during a friendly against Egypt earlier this year.

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Cosmic Breath brings together historic and contemporary adhans from Mecca, Jerusalem, Singapore, Khartoum and beyond Born partly from an interfaith protest against restrictions on the adhan in South Africa, the work explores faith, sound and resistance

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Goldman, the founder of Fems for Dems, said she believes much of the rhetoric spread about El-Sayed is not true and that Republicans “are preying upon the fears that are engendered in every Jewish person because past is prologue.”

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Mark Broadhurst was also found to be part of an online chat group with 3 other men who last year were jailed for planning to carry out a “terrorist” attack at mosques or synagogues as part of what they believed to be a coming “race war”.

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"With the gate open to accept that type of rhetoric, podcasters and influencers like Lang have found common cause with other political activists with real ties to lawmakers and candidates."

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El-Sayed, after disavowing the movement, blasted the man for implicitly assuming his “dual loyalty.” “You assume … that because I am Muslim, that somehow I would have some allegiance to something that is not our Constitution."

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From Zohran Mamdani to Abdul El-Sayed, Muslim American candidates' victories have been met with surges of online hate.

@raqib_naik and Dr. @evianeleidig of @csohate join Unpacking Islamophobia to discuss what the data shows.

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