Chris Allen (academic)
Chris Allen (born 1966) is a British sociologist at the Institute of Applied Social Studies (IASS) at the University of Birmingham,[1] named by the Deutsche Welle as an expert on the topic of contemporary Islamophobia.[2]
Research into Islamophobia
Shortly after the events of 9/11 he was commissioned by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia to co-author its "Summary report on Islamophobia in the EU after 11 September 2001" with Jorgen S. Nielsen. Published in May 2002, the report concluded that "a greater receptivity towards anti-Muslim and other xenophobic ideas and sentiments has, and may well continue, to become more tolerated".[3] At the same time, Allen apparently acknowledged that "there were very few serious [anti-Muslim] attacks" and that Islamophobia "manifested itself in quite basic and low-level ways."[4] According to Allen, Islamophobia is not simply a post-9/11 phenomenon, but builds on a tradition of xenophobia and fear of Islam.[1]
In 2012, he was asked to be on the board of "a cross-government working group to tackle anti-Muslim hatred".[5]
Bibliography
- Islamophobia (2010) ISBN 978-0754651390
References
- ^ a b Witt-Stahl, Susann (10 September 2011). "'Dem Bösen ein Ende setzen': Islam-Hass ist kein Post-9/11-Phänomen". Neues Deutschland. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ Walker, Tamsin (20 March 2010). "Racial inequality still rife across Western world". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ Allen, C. & Nielsen, J. S. Summary Report on Islamophobia in the EU15 after 11 September 2001 (Vienna: European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia, 2002).
- ^ Malik, Kenan (6 January 2005). "What hate?". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ Shah, Murtaza Ali (5 April 2012). "British government moves to tackle Islamophobia". The News International. Retrieved 31 August 2012.