Runnymede constructed its evidence through consultation and community visits

Evidence

The methods employed for collection of the evidence was twofold. First, the comments and suggestions the Commission received from the consultation process were used and the report frequently quotes directly from them. Second, the report was produced after members of the Commission visited important Muslim communities in Bradford and Tower Hamlets. This gave the Commissioners the opportunity to engage in direct conversations and discussions with young Muslims in the 17-24 age range as well as with community leaders. In addition members of the Commission addressed a variety of meetings and seminars throughout the country, including a large gathering in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 48 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The methods employed for collection of the evidence was twofold. First, the comments and suggestions the Commission received from the consultation process were used and the report frequently quotes directly from them. Second, the report was produced after members of the Commission visited important Muslim communities in Bradford and Tower Hamlets. This gave the Commissioners the opportunity to engage in direct conversations and discussions with young Muslims in the 17-24 age range as well as with community leaders. — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 48 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In February 1997 the Commission produced a consultation paper entitled Islamophobia its features and dangers. Over 3,500 copies of this were distributed to county councils and metropolitan authorities, police forces, government departments, race equality councils, a wide range of Muslim organisations and a number of leading professional associations, universities, unions and think-tanks. There was widespread media interest. — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 46 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Runnymede gathered evidence through consultation documents and visits to Muslim communities — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All, 48; The Runnymede report grounded its definition in community consultation and direct visits — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All, 48; The Runnymede consultation paper circulated widely across institutions and Muslim organisations — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All, 46

Related

• Runnymede gathered evidence through consultation documents and visits to Muslim communities (similarity 0.96)
• The Runnymede report grounded its definition in community consultation and direct visits (similarity 0.95)
• The Runnymede consultation paper circulated widely across institutions and Muslim organisations (similarity 0.92)
• The 1997 consultation paper reached over 3,500 institutions (similarity 0.89)
• Runnymede Trust established the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia in 1996 (similarity 0.84)
• The Runnymede report yielded sixty recommendations, many later implemented (similarity 0.83)
• The Runnymede report frames Islamophobia as a call to action for everyone (similarity 0.83)
• The Runnymede report introduced Islamophobia as marking Muslim-specific experience beyond shared discrimination. (similarity 0.83)
• The 1994 Runnymede report first acknowledged Islamophobia in British non-Muslim print. (similarity 0.83)
• The Runnymede report reframed anti-Muslim prejudice as faith-based rather than ethnic. (similarity 0.83)
• The 1997 Runnymede report defined Islamophobia as faith-based discrimination beyond ethnicity (similarity 0.83)
• Runnymede’s core aim is countering monolith views of Islam (similarity 0.82)
• The Runnymede Commission deliberately avoided Muslim self-scrutiny (similarity 0.82)
• The Islamophobia concept was born partly from Runnymede’s earlier antisemitism work (similarity 0.81)
• Runnymede Trust — Islamophobia A Challenge for Us All (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Runnymede gathered evidence through consultation documents and visits to Muslim communities #corroborates (1.00) — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 48
• The Runnymede report grounded its definition in community consultation and direct visits #corroborates (0.95) — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 48
• The Runnymede consultation paper circulated widely across institutions and Muslim organisations #expands (0.85) — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 46