Islamophobic hate crime constrains Muslim women and harms bystander group members.
Evidence
The significant gendered element of Islamophobic hate crime often means that women’s options and life choices are particularly constrained. … They also highlight how the harm associated with hate crime is not restricted to direct victims, but rather extends to all group members by impacting on notions of belonging and cohesion. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 151
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: The gendered thesis that visible markers (like the hijab) make women both more targeted and more constrained connects to ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ on how dress signals identity and invites moral scrutiny.
- XREF: connects to: Anti-Muslim hate crime harms target victims’ intrinsic identity and reach the whole Muslim community — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 366; Anti-Muslim hate crime creates parallel lives by preventing cross-community engagement — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 368; Anti-Muslim hate crime drives victims to conceal Muslim identity and flee localities. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 367 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Hate harms bystanders beyond its direct targets
#expands(1.00) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 286 - Anti-Muslim hate crime harms target victims’ intrinsic identity and reach the whole Muslim community
#expands(0.90) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 366 - Veiled Muslim women manage anti-Muslim hate crime through concealment and social withdrawal.
#exemplifies(0.90) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 368 - Anti-Muslim hate crime creates parallel lives by preventing cross-community engagement
#expands(0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 368 - Anti-Muslim hate crime targets veiled women partly for gender performance, not religion alone.
#expands(0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 368 - Islamophobic abuse targets non-Muslim visible minorities mistaken for Muslims.
#expands(0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 547 - Anti-Muslim hate crime drives victims to conceal Muslim identity and flee localities.
#expands(0.80) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 367 - The vast majority of European Islamophobic hate-crime victims are Muslim women
#expands(0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 412