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UK Govt accused of being in denial over Islamophobia

31st Mar 2022

Hamed Chapman

The newly branded Minister for Levelling up Communities, Kemi Badenoch, insists that the UK Government remains “committed to stamping out anti-Muslim hatred” even though it still has yet to agree on a definition of Islamophobia and is reluctant to even use the term adopted and accepted by other political parties.

During oral questions in Parliament on March 7, the formerly titled Equalities Minister came under fire from both Shadow Justice Minister, Afzal Khan, and Shadow Future of Work Minister, Imran Hussain, over her failure to address the rise of Islamophobia that is so rife in British society.

“If anyone is in any doubt, they should speak to the Muslim communities up and down this country who have to face this evil on a daily basis,” Hussain argued in the House of Commons.
“How can my constituents have any confidence in a government that cannot even tackle Islamophobia in its own ranks?” he asked.

Khan also mentioned that the Deputy Chair of the so called cross-government ‘Anti-Muslim hatred working group’ Qari Asim, has been critical of the failure by ministers to take tangible action.
“Will the Minister now follow in the footsteps of the Labour party and take steps to tackle Islamophobia in the UK, starting with a truly independent investigation into the Conservative party?” Khan asked Badenoch.

“Will she outline when the UK last submitted a report to the UN’s International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as required of all signatories to the convention?” he further questioned.

“The Government do remain committed to stamping out anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious prejudice,” the Minister replied, adding that she was due to meet the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims “very shortly” and “will outline our next steps in due course, but we are actively working on this.”

The Minister for Levelling up Communities was virtually repeating what she told Parliament last December when she also reiterated that the adoption of a definition of Islamophobia by the Government “remains under consideration.”

Qari Asim, who is Chair of Mosques & Imams National Advisory Board and trustee of Hope not Hate, was appointed as far back as July 2019 as an independent adviser “to provide expert advice on a definition of Islamophobia to the Government” after it rejected the definition drawn up by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims.

But last month, he criticised the failure to make any progress, including not even bothering to appoint a second expert that the Government had said it would. This highlights a clear “lack of political will to define Islamophobia” on the part of ministers.

The Government consistently claims to “take a zero tolerance approach to anti-Muslim hatred in any form”, but its failure to engage suggests otherwise, and Asim suggests that the Government should abandon its futile exercise and urgently adopt the APPG definition of Islamophobia.

To underline the lack of response, he says he has sent numerous letters and emails to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, that have emphasised the need to make headway in the process of defining Islamophobia, but have repeatedly gone unanswered.

It is also understood that there has not been any support from Gove’s Department, including providing financial resources or personnel with which to formally commence the process of defining Islamophobia.

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