Essay On Islamophobia

Religious prejudice and Islamophobia in the UK

Although Islamophobia and its related attitudes are increasingly spreading over the mass media (Ruthven 2002), and European political life (Mustafa 2002). (Culture & Religion)but it should be noted that the term "Islampphobia " that being used as a label describing a distinctive form of intolerance,is demonstrably new. Broad usage of the term in the U.S. starts after the 9/11 —for instance one cant find book titles with Islamophobia in them published before 2001—and the term first became important and noticeable in Britain in the late 90s.

Following the Rushdie affair (1989) and the first Gulf War (1990–91) an anti -Muslim sentiment start to grow in Britain ,in response to that, in 1997 a report issued by the Runnymede Trust's commission named “Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All”,that was about British Muslims and Islamophobia (CBMI). Islamophobia was the centerpiece of this report and it was specializing in racial and ethnic diversity issues. These events mobilized and alienated British Muslims,and turn them into a viable

(http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/fact_sheets/hate_crime/ )

As we can understand from the above ‘official’ definition, anti-Muslim hate crime creates a form of religious hate crime. Thus Anti-Muslim hate crime can be understood, as any criminal offence that the victim or any other person recognize it to be the result of hostility or prejudice based upon that person's religion or perceived religion, that is, their Muslim faith. (copsey report)

We can distinguish this from ‘race hate’ crime, which is defined as any criminal offence that the victim or any other person recognize it to be the result of hostility or prejudice based upon a person's ‘race’ or perceived ‘race’. (copsey