The Bridge Initiative Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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“Isolated Incident” is Pirbhai’s first novel in which she explores how incidents of hate accumulate and become a pattern of violence. It also shows what it’s like for a community to experience that kind of religious intolerance in their everyday lives. https://t.co/4jpcyHvYUm

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"The Austrian state is working on the construction of stereotypes tht academic Mahmood Mamdani has described as “Good Muslim, Bad Muslim”. Muslims who are secular & western are portrayed as good, while those who are critical of the western ideas are bad" https://t.co/I0eTAEzErr

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Check out this interview with our Director, Dr. John L. Esposito , where he talks about his interest in Islam, his time advising US President Joe Biden when he was a senator, & the globalization of Islamophobia. https://t.co/pHFHSu8QU5

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Former Catholic nun and author Karen Armstrong shares her perspective on Islam from her years of research. She is a renowned religious historian, best-selling author, & has been described as one of the most intelligent contemporary defenders of religion: https://t.co/ARFB1DWkmm

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.@KaamilAhmed's book, I Feel No Peace: Rohingya Fleeing Over Seas and Rivers, is an in-depth exploration of the Rohingya in exile, their exploitation, quests for justice, and the apparent failures of world bodies such as the UN to protect them. https://t.co/nAbKp6IHGi

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In this interview, @TheMuslimGuy speaks about his book, FEAR OF A MUSLIM PLANET: Global Islamophobia in the New World Order: https://t.co/Mq7AxndmUc

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.@shahedezaydi, author of the new book "The Othered Woman: How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women," examines the ways white feminism specifically excludes Muslim women through the myths and stereotypes it has created and upheld for decades. https://t.co/IkZ2JuhUNB

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.@dtbyler's "Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City" analyzes how China’s drive for capitalist modernization undergirds the racial & economic hierarchies mobilized by the "People's War on Terror": https://t.co/vAbiZ5s951

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In 2020, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and the University of Toronto Institute of Islamic Studies released separate reports revealing anti-Muslim prejudice in the selection, execution and outcomes of CRA audits. https://t.co/9ILHrlEncb

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Know Your Value chatted with @IbtihajMuhammad about her new book, her upbringing in a predominantly-white New Jersey suburb, the biggest myth facing female Muslim athletes, what’s next for the Olympic medalist and more. https://t.co/5v3etlSd5s