The Bridge Initiative

How does Islamophobia operate within contemporary electoral politics? Our new report investigates the surge of anti-Muslim rhetoric during Zohran Mamdani's historic mayoral campaign, situating it w/in 2 decades of post-9/11 Islamophobic discourse in the US bridge.georgetown.edu/research/islam…

A group of female activists at a far-right rally in the UK have sparked a backlash. They wore niqabs and long dresses while encouraging the crowd to condemn their clothing. So who are they? Al Jazeera’s Ava Warriner explains. buff.ly/CUsbwZO

"Tommy Robinson’s march was a rally to hate on Muslims. Why is it so hard for politicians - and journalists - to name this particular shade of hate? If we refuse to prosecute Islamophobia, we should at least call it what it is." buff.ly/thcl3fe

The two teenagers suspected of killing three Muslim members of the San Diego Islamic Center believed in the Great Replacement conspiracy theory & sought to replicate the 2019 Christchurch, New Zealand, shooting where 51 Muslims were killed at 2 mosques. buff.ly/KmFkJvd

What’s unique about the wave of attackers since the 2019 Christchurch attack is how much they’re inspired by each other, how they try to emulate the examples of previous attackers and encourage future attacks. buff.ly/tH30YPE

For the far-right, European history is easy to weaponise. It provides a ready-made set of memes, images & tropes that legitimise hate speech & hate crimes, in the name of protecting Christian Europeans from the perceived threat of Jewish & Muslim invaders buff.ly/dhiIXyc

Thousands of people from across California and the US travelled to a public funeral prayer here on Thursday, to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community and pray with the families of the victims. buff.ly/e4BY4zb

Days after the horrific attack at a San Diego mosque, and as some politicians traffic in Islamophobia, I discussed the rise in anti-Muslim hate at an Intelligence Committee hearing marking 25 years since 9/11. We should call this what it is: dangerous bigotry — and confront it wherever it appears.

The gunmen who killed three people at the San Diego Islamic Center left behind a 75-page document that preached hate, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, antisemitism and promoted violence and chaos buff.ly/khc278n

In a lengthy manifesto attributed to the shooters, the killers described themselves as the "sons" of the Christchurch shooter and named him as "our biggest inspiration". buff.ly/G2V9Nq8

Bailony's father helped to establish the Islamic center. His brother's children were in class there when the shooting happened. They all grew up with Mansour Kaziha, the mosque caretaker, who is one of three people killed by the two teenage shooters. buff.ly/NV2BjYE

Our findings revealed that Islamophobia operates not only through interpersonal prejudice but across schools, workplaces, public institutions, media narratives, and policy systems. buff.ly/uN1Vb6T

Not an empty threat in Texas, where in 2017 the mosque in Victoria was burned down in a hate crime hours after Trump signed the ‘Muslim ban.’ The community rebuilt, the horror lingered: “I think that sadness, that sorrow, will stay with us forever.” buzzfeednews.com/article/hannah…

When Islamophobia is framed as patriotism and Muslim communities are treated as threats to be neutralised, it crosses from political debate into the deliberate dehumanisation of fellow citizens — a trajectory history warns us leads nowhere good. buff.ly/E3jtX2h

Brett Muscroft, a newly-elected Reform UK councillor in Wakefield has shared racist and Islamophobic posts online, as well as posts supporting prominent far-right activists and politicians. buff.ly/KlsciCF

"For yrs, Muslim communities have experienced rising Islamophobia, harassment, dehumanisation, threats & dangerous rhetoric that paints our communities as suspects, threatening, or somehow less deserving of dignity & safety." said Tazheen Nizam: buff.ly/E3jtX2h

The @csohate, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, released a report last month that documented a 1,450% surge in anti-Muslim social media posts by Republican elected officials from February 2025 to March 2026. buff.ly/2aAhTKm

"Republican leaders have been fueling the fire with unfailingly bigoted, inflammatory language against Muslims and their faith." buff.ly/tAM1Ak2

“I want to be very clear, all three of our victims did not die in vain,” Wahl said. “Without distracting the attention, without delaying the actions of these two individuals, without question, there would have been many more fatalities yesterday.” buff.ly/Zbdd4uy

From Rhetoric to Violence: Statement on the attack against the Islamic Center of San Diego

Research consistently shows that negative portrayals of Muslims shape public attitudes toward them and can lead to increased discrimination, psychological harm and hate crimes like the shooting in San Diego. buff.ly/6AH5xn5