Runnymede Trust established the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia in 1996

Evidence

In 1996 The Runnymede Trust, an independent research and social policy agency, established the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia. The Commission, chaired by Professor Gordon Conway, is composed of eighteen members, and is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious committee. — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 52

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• Runnymede constructed its evidence through consultation and community visits (similarity 0.84)
• The founding Commission’s very name was disputed from its first meeting. (similarity 0.83)
• Runnymede gathered evidence through consultation documents and visits to Muslim communities (similarity 0.83)
• The 1997 Runnymede Commission introduced, not invented, the term Islamophobia. (similarity 0.82)
• The Runnymede Trust popularized the term Islamophobia in 1997. (similarity 0.81)
• The Runnymede consultation paper circulated widely across institutions and Muslim organisations (similarity 0.81)
• The 1997 consultation paper reached over 3,500 institutions (similarity 0.80)
• The Runnymede report yielded sixty recommendations, many later implemented (similarity 0.80)
• The Runnymede report grounded its definition in community consultation and direct visits (similarity 0.80)
• The Runnymede Commission deliberately avoided Muslim self-scrutiny (similarity 0.80)
• The commission avoided internal Muslim community conflicts and their public-duty implications (similarity 0.79)
• The Runnymede Trust acknowledged Islamophobia as racism in 1994 (similarity 0.79)
• Britain has failed to officially define Islamophobia decades after Runnymede’s report (similarity 0.79)
• Runnymede’s core aim is countering monolith views of Islam (similarity 0.79)
• The 1994 Runnymede report first acknowledged Islamophobia in British non-Muslim print. (similarity 0.78)