The 1997 Runnymede Commission introduced, not invented, the term Islamophobia.

Evidence

In its report of 1997, the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia deemed that sufficient evidence existed to substantiate their assessment that ‘anti-Muslim prejudice has grown so considerably and so rapidly in recent years that a new item in the vocabulary is needed’ (Runnymede 1997). The Commission’s introduction (note: not invention) of the term Islamophobia into policy discourse from 1997 has provoked many varied reactions to the phenomenon (or lack thereof, as some would have it), its usefulness in capturing historical, contingent and contextual antipathy towards Islam and Muslims which reverberate to the present day, and its application in differing contexts in the multi-layered policy landscape where its corrective purpose is its most visible form. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 605

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes ‘introduction’ from ‘invention’ of the term — an origin-claim worth keeping straight in the definitional debate.
• XREF: Directly connects to the reading purpose’s Runnymede ‘open vs. closed views of Islam’ framework. — connects to: The Runnymede Trust popularized the term Islamophobia in 1997.; The term Islamophobia entered policy prominence through Runnymede’s 1997 report. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 78; The Runnymede Trust originated Islamophobia as a concept via its anti-Semitism report — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 263 (+2 more)

Related

• The term Islamophobia entered policy prominence through Runnymede’s 1997 report. (similarity 0.94)
• The Islamophobia concept was born partly from Runnymede’s earlier antisemitism work (similarity 0.90)
• The term Islamophobia originated in a 1991 Runnymede Trust report (similarity 0.89)
• The Runnymede Trust originated Islamophobia as a concept via its anti-Semitism report (similarity 0.89)
• The 1997 Runnymede Commission already distinguished open from closed views of Islam. (similarity 0.88)
• The 1994 Runnymede report first acknowledged Islamophobia in British non-Muslim print. (similarity 0.87)
• Runnymede’s 1997 definition founded but did not fix the field’s usage (similarity 0.87)
• The linking of Islamophobia with antisemitism predates the 1997 Runnymede report. (similarity 0.87)
• The Runnymede Trust popularized the term Islamophobia in 1997. (similarity 0.87)
• The Runnymede Trust acknowledged Islamophobia as racism in 1994 (similarity 0.87)
• The 1997 Runnymede report defined Islamophobia as faith-based discrimination beyond ethnicity (similarity 0.87)
• Runnymede’s 1997 Islamophobia framework is a liberal construct defining harm as unfounded hostility (similarity 0.86)
• The 1997 Runnymede definition fused hostility to Islam with discrimination against Muslims (similarity 0.86)
• The Runnymede report introduced Islamophobia as marking Muslim-specific experience beyond shared discrimination. (similarity 0.86)
• Runnymede redirects the term’s focus toward discrimination and exclusion (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• The Runnymede Trust popularized the term Islamophobia in 1997. #qualifies (0.95)
• The term Islamophobia entered policy prominence through Runnymede’s 1997 report. #corroborates (0.88) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 78
• The Runnymede Trust originated Islamophobia as a concept via its anti-Semitism report #contradicts (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 263
• The Islamophobia concept was born partly from Runnymede’s earlier antisemitism work #contradicts (0.75) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 692