A 20thanniversary report islamophobia still a challenge for us all edited by farah elahi. The publication in 1997 of the report islamophobia. This piece continues to be available for download at. The commission, chaired by professor gordon conway, is composed of eighteen members, and is a multiethnic and multireligious committee. A challenge for us all, was launched in november 1997 by the home secretary, jack straw. Twenty years before, in november 1997, the runnymede trust the countrys leading race equality thinktank published its landmark report islamophobia. This anniversary report released november 2017 brings together varied perspectives from leading. Pdf almost every day, news headlines and newspapers associate muslims and. Still a challenge for us allv foreword baroness sayeeda warsi it has been 20 years since the publication of the runnymede trust s report islamophobia. Trust commission on british muslims and islamophobia. Still a challenge for us all41 7 prevent and the normalization of islamophobia barbara cohen and waqas tufail.
The new muslims claire alexander, victoria redclift and ajmal hussain university of manchester in their pathbreaking report published in 1997, islamophobia. A challenge for us all which is said to have popularised the term. A challenge for us all, runnymede examined the growth, features and consequences of antimuslim racism in britain. This anniversary report released november 2017 brings together varied. It provides a fuller explanation of islamophobia and its consequences throughout society, and sets out recommendations for practical action by government, teachers, lawyers. Early in 1997 the commission on british muslims and islamophobia, under the chairmanship of professor gordon conway, issued a consultative document. Islamophobia islamophobia runnymede trust mafiadoc. Anyone can download, save, perform or distribute this work in any format, including. A challenge for us all we reproduce its executive summary here as a contribution to the wider debate about tackling racism in all its forms in our society, and link to the full report executive summary. In march 2018 the runnymede trust released a long report on islamophobia 20 years after its pathbreaking 1997 report islamophobia.
A chall en ge for us all the runnymede trust 1997, there has been prolif ic academic literature on the meaning and implications of. Building on the findings of a consultation document, this report takes on board. Pdf prevent and the normalization of islamophobia waqas tufail. Two decades since runnymede was first credited with coining the term islamophobia in our flagship 1997 report, we look at how the phenomenon has evolved over the past 20 years, and how it manifests itself today. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A challenge for us all building on the findings of a consultation document, this report takes on board comments and suggestions from a wide range of people and institutions. Pdf this paper attempts to explore islamophobia and assumes it to be a composite and multidimensional construct. A challenge for us all and, as this report highlights, in the last two decades the phenomenon has become more complex and entrenched.
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