The UN recognized Islamophobia in 2001 without ever defining it

Evidence

In accrediting Islamophobia with international recognition, it might be expected that the UN would have afforded such an accreditation with some definition or meaning. Unfortunately, and like so many others before them, no definition or meaning of Islamophobia was put forward by the Un leaving Islamophobia once more open to interpretation and contestation. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 84 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Largely as a response to the furore following the publication of a series of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad printed in the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper on 30 September 2005 followed by numerous other news outlets across europe and elsewhere, the conference brought together 150 participants, a live audience of around 1,000 people, and a broadcast audience of thousands more across europe and north and west Africa. Arguing that all the participants were united by ‘a deep concern about the growing phenomenon of Islamophobia – the demonization of human beings for no other reason than their Muslim faith’ – the Declaration set out the following seven recommendations: — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 91 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The inclusion of Islamophobia is to some extent puzzling because whilst identified as a form of racism, the report overlooked all other forms of racism including those based upon markers of ‘race’ or skin colour. Interestingly, Islamophobia was neither defined as a form of racism in the report nor was it in the Islamophobia Report that followed a couple of years later. nonetheless, the report did acknowledge similarities between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in that there was ‘a strong religious component in both kinds of hostility’. In comparing both phenomena under the heading of racism, the report sought to highlight likenesses between religious and race-based discriminations. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 264 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even the UN’s recognition of Islamophobia came without a definition — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 84; Across EU states in 2001 no operable consensus definition of Islamophobia existed — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 675; The Copenhagen Declaration treated Islamophobia as self-evidently known without defining it — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 91 (+1 more)

Related

• The Copenhagen Declaration treated Islamophobia as self-evidently known without defining it (similarity 0.93)
• Even the UN’s recognition of Islamophobia came without a definition (similarity 0.93)
• Across EU states in 2001 no operable consensus definition of Islamophobia existed (similarity 0.89)
• Britain has failed to officially define Islamophobia decades after Runnymede’s report (similarity 0.85)
• The Runnymede report classed Islamophobia as racism without defining it as racism (similarity 0.83)
• Runnymede’s 1997 definition founded but did not fix the field’s usage (similarity 0.82)
• Efforts to define Islam are what define understanding of Islamophobia (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia centers on recognition of Muslim-ness and its ideological meaning (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia as a concept never reached everyday popular discourse. (similarity 0.82)
• Defining Islamophobia as ‘unfounded’ makes its denial subjectively defensible (similarity 0.81)
• The Runnymede model so dominated Islamophobia discourse that it escaped critical scrutiny (similarity 0.81)
• Even the report’s own authors lacked clarity about what Islamophobia is. (similarity 0.80)
• An acknowledged Muslim or Islamic element is the defining criterion of Islamophobia (similarity 0.80)
• The OED’s first cited use defined Islamophobia as a directed anti-Muslim phenomenon (similarity 0.80)
• The Runnymede Trust acknowledged Islamophobia as racism in 1994 (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Even the UN’s recognition of Islamophobia came without a definition #corroborates (1.00) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 84
• The Copenhagen Declaration treated Islamophobia as self-evidently known without defining it #corroborates (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 91
• Across EU states in 2001 no operable consensus definition of Islamophobia existed #qualifies (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 675
• The Runnymede report classed Islamophobia as racism without defining it as racism #expands (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 264