The United Kingdom’s first anti-Islamophobia organization collapsed within a decade.
Evidence
One other organization of note also emerged in the wake of the Runnymede report’s publication. Having the potential to be the most significant, the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR) was formed in 2001. With a clear remit to raise awareness about Islamophobia, it also sought to campaign and lobby government on behalf of Muslims and their communities. The first organization to specifically address Islamophobia, it had some initial success in getting the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 passed. Various factors resulted in FAIR failing to reach its potential, however, and it was largely defunct within a decade. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 488
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the institutional history of UK race relations organizations and how movements to counter racism cohere and fail.