Even the report’s own authors lacked clarity about what Islamophobia is.

Evidence

For both Phillips and Vallely there appears to be a split between what they personally understand and seemingly dislike about Islam (its inferiority, oppression, misogyny and so on) and that which they see being presented to them by real people (an independence, self-assertion, commitment to equal rights and so on). Whilst one would presume that Phillips would have had greater clarity in his reflection, being a member of the Commission, so it would seem to suggest that not only did a deep-rooted lack of clarity about Islamophobia exist in the wider spaces but that it might have emanated from the thinking of the very people responsible for the report themselves. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 302

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-Islamophobia measures failed to define the term and conflated distinct discourses — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 100; Islamophobia’s contestation stems from a failure to define or conceptualise it. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 913; Poor evidence plus subjective definitions make Islamophobia easy to dismiss — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 657 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Islamophobia measures failed to define the term and conflated distinct discourses #corroborates (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 100
• Islamophobia’s contestation stems from a failure to define or conceptualise it. #corroborates (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 913
• Poor evidence plus subjective definitions make Islamophobia easy to dismiss #corroborates (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 657
• The report’s racial-religious conflation undermines Islamophobia’s distinctiveness as a category #expands (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 384
• Islamophobia lacks a standard definition, blocking comparative social-science analysis. #corroborates (0.80) — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 9