Islamophobia

Islamophobia is the “shorthand way of referring to the dread or hatred of Islam and, therefore, to fear or dislike all or most Muslims” based upon an “unfounded hostility towards Islam.” This is the definition set out in the influential report Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All (Runnymede T...

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Main Author: Moten, Abdul Rashid
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/40467/1/Islamophobia.pdf
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description Islamophobia is the “shorthand way of referring to the dread or hatred of Islam and, therefore, to fear or dislike all or most Muslims” based upon an “unfounded hostility towards Islam.” This is the definition set out in the influential report Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All (Runnymede Trust, 1997, p. 1), also known as the Runnymede report, and is the definition that has shaped and influenced most of the understandings of the term, although the term remains contested and is sometimes used interchangeably with neo-Orientalism, anti-Muslimism, anti-Muslim racism, or “new” or cultural racism. Much debate has surrounded the use of the term, questioning its adequacy as an appropriate and meaningful descriptor. However, since Islamophobia has broadly entered the social and political lexicon, arguments about the appropriateness of the term now seem outdated. ......
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spelling iium-404672016-04-17T08:58:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40467/ Islamophobia Moten, Abdul Rashid JA Political science (General) JZ International relations Islamophobia is the “shorthand way of referring to the dread or hatred of Islam and, therefore, to fear or dislike all or most Muslims” based upon an “unfounded hostility towards Islam.” This is the definition set out in the influential report Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All (Runnymede Trust, 1997, p. 1), also known as the Runnymede report, and is the definition that has shaped and influenced most of the understandings of the term, although the term remains contested and is sometimes used interchangeably with neo-Orientalism, anti-Muslimism, anti-Muslim racism, or “new” or cultural racism. Much debate has surrounded the use of the term, questioning its adequacy as an appropriate and meaningful descriptor. However, since Islamophobia has broadly entered the social and political lexicon, arguments about the appropriateness of the term now seem outdated. ...... Oxford University Press 2014 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40467/1/Islamophobia.pdf Moten, Abdul Rashid (2014) Islamophobia. In: The Oxford Encylopedia of Islam and Politics. Islam and Politics, 1 (1). Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 618-620. ISBN 978-0-19-973935-6, 978-0-19-999805-0, 978-0-19-999806-7
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Islamophobia
title Islamophobia
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title_short Islamophobia
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topic JA Political science (General)
JZ International relations
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/40467/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/40467/1/Islamophobia.pdf