Politics of Defining Islamophobia - Ismail Adam Patel
The Politics of Defining Islamophobia
By Ismail Patel, Chair of Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA)
In this thought-provoking article, FOA's Chair Ismail Patel offers a unique perspective on one of the most contested topics in contemporary discourse: how we define Islamophobia and what that debate reveals about power, prejudice, and politics in the UK today.
Patel offers the perspective that the struggle to define Islamophobia has actually, inadvertently, fuelled further Islamophobia.
Ultimately, he calls for Muslims to reclaim ownership of the discourse, insisting that no definition can meaningfully address Islamophobia without the participation of the Muslims that live with its consequences.
