Political Rhetoric and Hate Speech in the Case of Shamima Begum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3333965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann B Murphy (0000-0002-0271-9620, University of Leicester, corresponding author), Alexander Murphy |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 834 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12100834 |
| OpenAlex | W3203171367 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 35 |
The relationship between political rhetoric and hate crime has been a topic of growing concern in recent years, with the narratives promoted by politicians widely seen as legitimating and inspiring hate crime as well as soothing or inflaming the tensions that result from antecedent hate crime events such as terrorist attacks. The potential return of so-called 'IS bride' Shamima Begum from a Syrian refugee camp in 2019, following her high-profile departure four years earlier, led to intense debate within the UK, particularly over the controversial removal of her citizenship by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. As an Islamist terrorism case with clear gendered dimensions, the Begum case was well-positioned to function as a hate crime trigger event. The divisiveness of this case was reflected in partisan political argument within the UK, and accompanied by high volumes of toxic and Islamophobic social media discussion alongside input from a variety of UK politicians. This paper offers a qualitative analysis of the political rhetoric promoted in the Twitter accounts of leading UK politicians in response to the citizenship decision, and subsequent developments between February and April 2019, such as the death of Begum's child and the granting of legal aid to support her ongoing legal challenge. Through a Critical Discourse Analysis of politicians' online rhetoric, this study aims to establish the contribution of UK political rhetoric to the hate speech discourses that emerged online in response to this case
Citizenship · Criminology · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Rhetoric · Sociology · Terrorism · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |