The Runnymede Report’s definition of Islamophobia shifted and changed within its own pages.

Evidence

Acknowledging the limitations and credibility of ‘Islamophobia’ as a suitable and adequate neologism, it justified its use by suggesting that a new phenomenon of increasing voracity needed a new name. In doing so, the report became the first source to offer a comprehensive definition of Islamophobia: the ‘shorthand way of referring to dread or hatred of Islam – and, therefore, to fear or dislike of all or most Muslims’. It is important to note that within the first few pages of the report however this definition changed. In doing so, the report’s definition became the ‘phobic dread of Islam … the recurring characteristic of closed views’. Still a phobic dread but one that was best understood through the conceptualisation of the runnymede model itself. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 274 (#expands, via linked claim)

Within the first few paragraphs of the Runnymede Report, the definition of Islamophobia was transformed from the ‘shorthand way of referring to dread or hatred of Islam – and, therefore, to fear or dislike of all or most Muslims’. … Transforming it to an entirely Runnymede-centric understanding, the new definition necessitated Islamophobia as ‘the recurring characteristic of closed views’. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 348 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

The report begins by describing the nature of anti-Muslim prejudice and draws a key distinction between closed views of Islam on the one hand and open views on the other. Islamophobia is equated with closed views and eight main features are itemised. — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 24 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Runnymede report defines Islamophobia inconsistently across sentiment, prejudice, and discrimination. — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 13; The Runnymede Report’s definition shifted within its own pages toward closed views — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 274; The Runnymede Report redefined Islamophobia around closed views of Islam — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 348 (+2 more)

Related

• The Runnymede Report’s definition shifted within its own pages toward closed views (similarity 0.98)
• The Runnymede Report redefined Islamophobia around closed views of Islam (similarity 0.96)
• Runnymede defines Islamophobia as closed views of Islam (similarity 0.93)
• The Runnymede report defines Islamophobia inconsistently across sentiment, prejudice, and discrimination. (similarity 0.93)
• The Runnymede definition conflates Islamophobia’s effects with its core (similarity 0.92)
• The Runnymede report’s definition is self-reinforcing and theoretically weak (similarity 0.91)
• The Runnymede model so dominated Islamophobia discourse that it escaped critical scrutiny (similarity 0.91)
• The Runnymede report introduced Islamophobia as marking Muslim-specific experience beyond shared discrimination. (similarity 0.90)
• The 1997 Runnymede Commission already distinguished open from closed views of Islam. (similarity 0.90)
• Runnymede redirects the term’s focus toward discrimination and exclusion (similarity 0.90)
• The 1997 Runnymede definition fused hostility to Islam with discrimination against Muslims (similarity 0.90)
• The closed-versus-open views of Islam dichotomy anchors the Runnymede model. (similarity 0.90)
• The Runnymede report classed Islamophobia as racism without defining it as racism (similarity 0.90)
• Runnymede’s 1997 Islamophobia framework is a liberal construct defining harm as unfounded hostility (similarity 0.89)
• The 1997 Runnymede report defined Islamophobia as faith-based discrimination beyond ethnicity (similarity 0.89)

Broader Connections

• The Runnymede Report’s definition shifted within its own pages toward closed views #expands (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 274
• The Runnymede Report redefined Islamophobia around closed views of Islam #qualifies (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 348
• Runnymede defines Islamophobia as closed views of Islam #qualifies (0.75) — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 24