Shafaqna English- Starmer’s government attempt to define Islamophobia is worthless given it continues to criminalize politically outspoken Muslims, a Muslim Author, Afroze Zaidi said.
At the end of February, the Labour government announced that it was launching a group to come up with “a working definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia”. Some Muslims have welcomed the news; however, as a Muslim who has been researching Islamophobia from a decolonial lens for over a decade, I feel differently about it.
The move appears to be in response to the latest figures on anti-Muslim hate crimes, which were reportedly at the highest recorded level in 2024. According to Tell Mama, one of the reasons for this spike was Muslims advocating for Palestine post-October 7.
Source: New Arab
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