Definitional choices about ‘Islamophobia’ are political acts with real consequences
Evidence
I am not simply making a semantic or terminological point. I am questioning, rather, a particular way of looking at the problem that seems often to compound, rather than alleviate, the problems facing Muslims. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 652
Categorization
- DEFINE: Explicitly frames definition as political rather than analytical — the stakes-of-definition move central to the field’s contested concept.
- XREF: connects to: Definitions of Islamophobia are political instruments tied to policy responses — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 56; Islamophobia is political rather than religious and must be fought politically — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576; Definitions of Islamophobia double as policy interventions, not neutral analysis — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 102 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Definitions of Islamophobia double as policy interventions, not neutral analysis
#exemplifies(0.95) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 102 - The Islamophobia definition is a policy instrument, not merely analysis
#exemplifies(0.95) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 51 - Islamophobia is political rather than religious and must be fought politically
#expands(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576 - Islamophobia is the meaning disseminated about Muslims and Islam rather than any single act
#complicates(0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 818 - The term Islamophobia demands a better-grounded, contestable definition
#expands(0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 102