Runnymede’s 1997 definition founded but did not fix the field’s usage

Evidence

With the publication of the runnymede report in 1997, not only did the report significantly influence the way in which Islamophobia was understood but so too did it ensure that Islamophobia was afforded public and political recognition. Preceded by a consultation document in March 1997,40 it was the first source to posit a firm definition of Islamophobia: the ‘shorthand way of referring to dread or hatred of Islam – and, therefore, to fear or dislike all or most Muslims’. … Yet still, Islamophobia remains something of an ambiguous entity and becomes apparent in some sources more so than others — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 80

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is the exact Runnymede definition (‘dread or hatred of Islam’ / ‘fear or dislike all or most Muslims’) that anchors the reader’s module on definitional camps.
• XREF: Directly relevant to the reading goal’s mapping of Runnymede’s 1997 framework against Bleich’s neutral social-scientific and the 2017 racialization turn. — connects to: Runnymede’s open-closed framework never penetrated everyday media discourse — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 622; The 1997 Runnymede definition fused hostility to Islam with discrimination against Muslims — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 158; The Runnymede report’s definition is self-reinforcing and theoretically weak — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 915 (+2 more)

Related

• The 1997 Runnymede definition fused hostility to Islam with discrimination against Muslims (similarity 0.92)
• The Runnymede report classed Islamophobia as racism without defining it as racism (similarity 0.91)
• The Runnymede report defines Islamophobia inconsistently across sentiment, prejudice, and discrimination. (similarity 0.90)
• The Runnymede model so dominated Islamophobia discourse that it escaped critical scrutiny (similarity 0.90)
• The term Islamophobia entered policy prominence through Runnymede’s 1997 report. (similarity 0.90)
• The Runnymede Report’s definition shifted within its own pages toward closed views (similarity 0.90)
• The Runnymede Trust defines Islamophobia as a form of racism against Muslims (similarity 0.90)
• Runnymede redirects the term’s focus toward discrimination and exclusion (similarity 0.89)
• The Runnymede report introduced Islamophobia as marking Muslim-specific experience beyond shared discrimination. (similarity 0.89)
• The 1997 Runnymede report defined Islamophobia as faith-based discrimination beyond ethnicity (similarity 0.89)
• The Runnymede Report redefined Islamophobia around closed views of Islam (similarity 0.89)
• The Runnymede Trust popularized the term Islamophobia in 1997. (similarity 0.89)
• The Runnymede definition conflates Islamophobia’s effects with its core (similarity 0.89)
• Runnymede’s 1997 Islamophobia framework is a liberal construct defining harm as unfounded hostility (similarity 0.89)
• The Runnymede Report’s definition of Islamophobia shifted and changed within its own pages. (similarity 0.89)

Broader Connections

• The 1997 Runnymede Commission introduced, not invented, the term Islamophobia. #qualifies (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 605