The Limits of Liberal Inclusivity
How Defining Islamophobia Normalizes Anti-Muslim Racism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20385293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Ruth Gould (0000-0002-2198-5406, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 250-269 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-0814 • E-ISSN: 2163-3088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/jlr.2020.20 |
| OpenAlex | W2985434565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
Responding to recent calls made within the UK Parliament for a government-backed definition of Islamophobia, this article considers the unanticipated consequences of such proposals. I argue that, considered in the context of related efforts to regulate hate speech, the formulation and implementation of a government-sponsored definition will generate unforeseen harms for the Muslim community. To the extent that such a definition will fail to address the government's role in propagating Islamophobia through ill-considered legislation that conflates Islamist discourse with hate speech, the concept of a government-backed definition of Islamophobia appears hypocritical and untenable. Alongside opposing government attempts to define Islamophobia (and Islam), I argue that advocacy efforts should instead focus on disambiguating government counterterrorism initiatives from the government management of controversies within Islam. Instead of repeating the mistakes of the governmental adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)'s definition of antisemitism by promoting a new definition of Islamophobia, we ought to learn from the errors that were made. We should resist the gratuitous securitization of Muslim communities, rather than use such definitions to normalize compliance with the surveillance state
Alliance · Antisemitism · Islam · Islamophobia · Judaism · Law and economics · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Under Crescent and Cross
The Harm in Hate Speech
Islamophobia, Social Movements and the State
Beyond Islamophobia and Islamophilia as Western Epistemic Racisms
Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe
The shape of free speech
On fantasy island
The impossible state
Incitement to Hatred and Countering Terrorism
Global Justice, Freedom of Movement and Democratic Citizenship
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |