Combating Islamophobia is framed as a collective civic duty beyond government.
Evidence
Tackling Islamophobia is a responsibility for all of us. There is a need for greater awareness of how Islamophobia and all forms of racism affect people’s lives in modern Britain. It is good that British Muslims increasingly challenge Islamophobia. However, to challenge and end Islamophobia and all forms of racism effectively, we all need to confront and condemn it where we see it, and commit to raising awareness in others of its wider effects. Tackling Islamophobia and all forms of racism is not only the responsibility of Muslims or ethnic minorities, but nor is it only the government or the state that must show greater responsibility in tackling it. Employers, neighbours, teachers and fellow citizens must all work to raise awareness and to act to combat racism wherever and however it appears. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 75
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Parallels the ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ piece’s interest in how moral responsibility is distributed across a community rather than centralized.
- XREF: connects to: Tackling Islamophobia is a collective civic duty, not a minority responsibility — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 130; Ending Islamophobia is a shared civic duty, not just for Muslims or the state. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 134
Related
- Ending Islamophobia is a shared civic duty, not just for Muslims or the state. (similarity 0.97)
- Tackling Islamophobia is a collective civic duty, not a minority responsibility (similarity 0.95)
- Combating Islamophobia requires seeing it as interlaced with xenophobia and classism. (similarity 0.84)
- Islamophobia is one of several challenges British Muslims confront. (similarity 0.81)
- Islamophobia is best understood and countered as a form of anti-Muslim racism. (similarity 0.80)
- The Runnymede report frames Islamophobia as a call to action for everyone (similarity 0.79)
- Britain has failed to officially define Islamophobia decades after Runnymede’s report (similarity 0.78)
- Islamophobia study must adopt an explicitly justified normative framework such as multiculturalism (similarity 0.78)
- Muslims disproportionately bear the human-rights costs of counter-terrorism (similarity 0.78)
- Agreeing on a definition of Islamophobia is a precondition for accountability. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Tackling Islamophobia is a collective civic duty, not a minority responsibility
#corroborates(0.95) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 130 - Ending Islamophobia is a shared civic duty, not just for Muslims or the state.
#corroborates(0.95) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 134