Across EU states in 2001 no operable consensus definition of Islamophobia existed

Evidence

Having questioned the different NFPs, the project found that in seven of the fifteen, no clear or known definition of Islamophobia was operable, either through a lack of usage or a lack of conceptual recognition. Of the fifteen, two acknowledged that whilst the term was non-operational they could still provide a definition, three directly referenced the runnymede model, whereas three others offered different if not sometimes correlative definitions. So whilst the term Islamophobia was being used at the international level by the Un at this time, across the eU at least just under half of the member states had no formal concept or meaning of it, and elsewhere, little consensual agreement was identifiable. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 675

Categorization

• DEFINE: Documents how little operational consensus existed on the term across EU member states.
• XREF: connects to: The UN recognized Islamophobia in 2001 without ever defining it; The Copenhagen Declaration treated Islamophobia as self-evidently known without defining it — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 91; Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 541 (+3 more)

Related

• Even the UN’s recognition of Islamophobia came without a definition (similarity 0.91)
• The UN recognized Islamophobia in 2001 without ever defining it (similarity 0.89)
• The Copenhagen Declaration treated Islamophobia as self-evidently known without defining it (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia persists as a term despite definitional failure because it is now socially real (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia’s contestation stems from a failure to define or conceptualise it. (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia’s definitional looseness makes it a contested and unstable concept in Europe (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade (similarity 0.84)
• Efforts to define Islam are what define understanding of Islamophobia (similarity 0.83)
• Contested definitions of Islamophobia deepen the rift over its existence (similarity 0.82)
• Britain has failed to officially define Islamophobia decades after Runnymede’s report (similarity 0.82)
• Inconsistent operational definitions prevent cumulating research on Islamophobia. (similarity 0.82)
• The OED’s first cited use defined Islamophobia as a directed anti-Muslim phenomenon (similarity 0.82)
• Poor evidence plus subjective definitions make Islamophobia easy to dismiss (similarity 0.82)
• Defining Islamophobia as ‘unfounded’ makes its denial subjectively defensible (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia centers on recognition of Muslim-ness and its ideological meaning (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Even the UN’s recognition of Islamophobia came without a definition #corroborates (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 84
• Islamophobia’s definitional looseness makes it a contested and unstable concept in Europe #expands (0.82) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 551
• Islamophobia as a term originated as an activist denunciatory label, not an analytical concept #expands (0.75) — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 6