The Islamophobia definition is a policy instrument, not merely analysis

Evidence

We have offered these definitions to forestall further confusion about the nature of Islamophobia, but also to focus policy and social change on what could best tackle Islamophobia and so improve British Muslims’ lives. The definition therefore is not simply what Runnymede thinks is the best analytical account of what Islamophobia is, but also points to our various recommendations on how to respond to it. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 51

Categorization

• XREF: Confirms the reader’s framing that definition here is a political act — directly engages the reader’s stated purpose that ‘definition here is a political act as much as an analytical one.’ This explicitly acknowledges that the definition is instrumental, not analytical — the report’s own admission that it is doing political definitional work, against Bleich’s neutral concept-formation stance. — connects to: Definitions of Islamophobia are political instruments tied to policy responses — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 56; Definitional choices about ‘Islamophobia’ are political acts with real consequences — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 652; Vague definitions in policy guidance enable prejudice-driven implementation. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 405 (+1 more)
• DEEPTHINKING: This is a candid admission that the definition is chosen instrumentally for policy traction, not for analytical best-fit — a reflexive, meta-theoretical moment the reader should weigh against Bleich’s and Halliday’s critiques.

Related

• Definitions of Islamophobia are political instruments tied to policy responses (similarity 0.97)
• Definitions of Islamophobia double as policy interventions, not neutral analysis (similarity 0.94)
• Definitional choices about ‘Islamophobia’ are political acts with real consequences (similarity 0.91)
• Agreeing on a definition of Islamophobia is a precondition for accountability. (similarity 0.88)
• Established definitions of Islamophobia resist replacement despite their inadequacy (similarity 0.85)
• Efforts to define Islam are what define understanding of Islamophobia (similarity 0.85)
• Britain has failed to officially define Islamophobia decades after Runnymede’s report (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia is best understood and countered as a form of anti-Muslim racism. (similarity 0.85)
• The Runnymede Trust defines Islamophobia as a form of racism against Muslims (similarity 0.84)
• UK governments deployed the term Islamophobia only to co-opt Muslims into security policies. (similarity 0.84)
• The term Islamophobia demands a better-grounded, contestable definition (similarity 0.84)
• The 1997 Runnymede definition fused hostility to Islam with discrimination against Muslims (similarity 0.84)
• The term Islamophobia entered policy prominence through Runnymede’s 1997 report. (similarity 0.84)
• Runnymede’s 1997 definition founded but did not fix the field’s usage (similarity 0.84)
• The Runnymede Trust popularized the term Islamophobia in 1997. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Definitions of Islamophobia double as policy interventions, not neutral analysis #corroborates (1.00) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 102