Runnymede drew on anti-Semitism analogies yet built a different, dualistic model

Evidence

The final view concludes that, ‘Islamophobic discourse, sometimes blatant but frequently subtle and coded, is part of the fabric of everyday life in Britain in much the same way that anti-Semitic discourse was taken for granted earlier in the century’. With correlations again being drawn between Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, so the disparities between the two interlinked runnymede reports approach each of the phenomena is once more brought into focus. Whilst anti-Semitism was modelled on three broad and quite fluid categories, Islamophobia became a much more dualistic process. Despite numerous reminders in the report of the similarities between Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and racism, little explanation is offered about why different models and typologies might be – and indeed were – required for each. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 390

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why did Runnymede model Islamophobia so differently from anti-Semitism if the phenomena are alleged analogues? Open question worth chasing.
• XREF: connects to: The Islamophobia concept was born partly from Runnymede’s earlier antisemitism work — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 692; The Runnymede Trust originated Islamophobia as a concept via its anti-Semitism report — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 263; The linking of Islamophobia with antisemitism predates the 1997 Runnymede report. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 697 (+2 more)

Related

• The Islamophobia concept was born partly from Runnymede’s earlier antisemitism work (similarity 0.91)
• The linking of Islamophobia with antisemitism predates the 1997 Runnymede report. (similarity 0.91)
• The Runnymede Trust originated Islamophobia as a concept via its anti-Semitism report (similarity 0.89)
• The Runnymede model so dominated Islamophobia discourse that it escaped critical scrutiny (similarity 0.89)
• Runnymede’s model failed to distinguish Islamophobia from other similar phenomena (similarity 0.88)
• Separating Islamophobia as ideology from racism undermines anti-racist struggle (similarity 0.87)
• The Runnymede report classed Islamophobia as racism without defining it as racism (similarity 0.87)
• The Runnymede definition conflates Islamophobia’s effects with its core (similarity 0.87)
• The 1994 Runnymede report first acknowledged Islamophobia in British non-Muslim print. (similarity 0.86)
• The term Islamophobia originated in a 1991 Runnymede Trust report (similarity 0.86)
• The 1997 Runnymeade Trust report institutionalized ‘Islamophobia’ as a category in British discourse (similarity 0.86)
• The Runnymede Report redefined Islamophobia around closed views of Islam (similarity 0.86)
• The Runnymede Report’s definition of Islamophobia shifted and changed within its own pages. (similarity 0.85)
• The Runnymede Trust acknowledged Islamophobia as racism in 1994 (similarity 0.85)
• The Runnymede report defines Islamophobia inconsistently across sentiment, prejudice, and discrimination. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• The linking of Islamophobia with antisemitism predates the 1997 Runnymede report. #qualifies (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 697
• European anti-Semitism and Islamophobia mirror each other in structure. #contradicts (0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 465
• Treating antisemitism and Islamophobia as analogous masks asymmetric power relations. #complicates (0.72) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 23