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Indeed, the APPG definition attempts to expand Islamphobia to include something called ‘cultural racism’. ‘The concept of racialisation’, it states, ‘situates Islamophobia within anti-racism discourse which is not however just informed by biological race, but by a culture – broadly defined – that is perceived to be inferior to and by the dominant one’.
The implication here is that if anyone judges ‘Islamic culture’ to be inferior to, say, British culture, then they are, by definition, Islamophobic. So discussing how Islamic culture devalues the rights to women, by encouraging mandatory wearing of the hijab or polygamous marriage, could be classed as Islamophobic. Once we sign up to this idea of Islamophobia, we risk losing the freedom to criticise Islamic culture altogether. In theory, a member of any political party, including the current government, that has signed up to this definition, could be disciplined for Islamophobia if they said that UK law is preferable to Sharia law.
Indeed, the APPG definition attempts to expand Islamphobia to include something called ‘cultural racism’. ‘The concept of racialisation’, it states, ‘situates Islamophobia within anti-racism discourse which is not however just informed by biological race, but by a culture – broadly defined – that is perceived to be inferior to and by the dominant one’.
The implication here is that if anyone judges ‘Islamic culture’ to be inferior to, say, British culture, then they are, by definition, Islamophobic. So discussing how Islamic culture devalues the rights to women, by encouraging mandatory wearing of the hijab or polygamous marriage, could be classed as Islamophobic. Once we sign up to this idea of Islamophobia, we risk losing the freedom to criticise Islamic culture altogether. In theory, a member of any political party, including the current government, that has signed up to this definition, could be disciplined for Islamophobia if they said that UK law is preferable to Sharia law.