1.0Twist Islamophobiahttps://twistislamophobia.org/enFundación de Cultura Islámicahttps://twistislamophobia.org/en/author/funci/Counter-narratives against Islamophobia - Twist Islamophobiarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Et8kEkHcY8"><a href="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2018/06/13/5225/">Counter-narratives against Islamophobia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://twistislamophobia.org/en/2018/06/13/5225/embed/#?secret=Et8kEkHcY8" width="600" height="338" title="“Counter-narratives against Islamophobia” — Twist Islamophobia" data-secret="Et8kEkHcY8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/islam-drapeautricolore.jpg900507In this article, we summarize the report “Dominant Counter-Narratives to Islamophobia – Comparative Report”, published by the Centre for Ethinicity and Racism Studies of the University of Leeds, as part of the proyect Counter Islamophobia Kit. The report analyzes the elaboration of counter-narratives against the expansion of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism in Europe, through the study of eight countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Portugal and the United Kingdom) and the impact of this type of discourse on the dominant racist narratives. Counter-narratives aim at giving voice to the communities that have traditionally been marginalized, through discourses and counterarguments that tackle the current dominant relations. This report gathers and analyzes the ten main counter-narratives developed through the continent. With this goal, and based on the United Kingdom’s experience, the report identifies four necessary aspects for the development of counter-narratives that tackle the xenophobic discourse in Europe. These include the normalization of Islamophobia, the need for spaces where Muslims can reclaim control of their narrative(s), countering the obsession of law and policy with markers of ‘Muslimness’ and accountability for state and institutional racism (Merali, 2017). Visibility and counter-narrative As exposed in the report, this counter-narrative is only possible if ...