Muslim organizations won religion’s inclusion in the UK census.
Evidence
In 1991 the national census did not include any questions on religion, and its addition in the 2001 census emerged out of campaigning by Muslim organizations. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 142
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to how demographic visibility shapes recognized group status — parallels Bleich’s point that measurable categories underpin definitions of discrimination. — connects to: The Satanic Verses affair catalyzed national Muslim political organizing in Britain. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 483; Britain’s Indian census counted religion more thoroughly than its own census. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 90; Census ethnicity categories poorly capture British Muslim experience as proxies — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 112 (+1 more)
Related
- Lack of religious census categories hid Muslims within ethnic and birth-country data (similarity 0.91)
- Existing census ethnicity categories fail to capture Muslim experience as a distinct category. (similarity 0.87)
- Census ethnicity categories poorly capture British Muslim experience as proxies (similarity 0.86)
- Ethnic categories fail to capture the distinct experience of British Muslims. (similarity 0.85)
- Ethnic data categories cannot capture the Muslim penalty in British institutions (similarity 0.84)
- The 2001 census religion question laid groundwork for targeting policies at Muslims (similarity 0.82)
- Religious and ethnic disadvantages in Britain must be separated analytically to explain Muslim outcomes. (similarity 0.81)
- British ‘ethnic minority’ communities are internally diverse and not segregated ghettos (similarity 0.81)
- Britain’s Indian census counted religion more thoroughly than its own census. (similarity 0.80)
- British Muslims were ethnicized before being recognized as a faith group (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Lack of religious census categories hid Muslims within ethnic and birth-country data
#expands(0.80) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 186 - Census ethnicity categories poorly capture British Muslim experience as proxies
#expands(0.72) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 112 - Britain’s Indian census counted religion more thoroughly than its own census.
#qualifies(0.70) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 90