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Through focused sessions and collaborative discussions, we’ll explore the key themes of Runnymede's recent report Islamophobia: the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK.  

We will examine the causes and consequences of Islamophobia in the UK, and seek to enable people and communities to take the learnings from the report into their own spheres of work and influence. This is a space for reflection, learning, and strengthening the activities to challenge Islamophobia.

This SOAS ICOP event is in collaboration with the Runnymede Trust

Sessions

• Islamophobia in higher education: Norms of inequality in Muslim student’s university experiences (Dr Maisha Islam)
• Islamophobia and the 2024 General Election (Professor Nasar Meer)
• Policing solidarities and Islamophobia (Dr Waqas Tufail)
• Reflections on the 2024 riots and the aftermath
• Plenary panel discussion followed by Q&A: Islamophobia, the 2024 riots and moving forward.

About the speakers

• Dr Maisha Islam, Research Culture Lead EDI (University of Southampton)
• Prof Nasar Meer, Professor of Sociology (University of Glasgow)
• Dr Waqas Tufail, Reader in Criminology (Leeds Beckett University)
• Shaista Aziz, Three Hijabis
• Abdi Hassan, Coffee Afrik
• Tawhid Islam, Liverpool Muslim Council
• Dr Shabna Begum, Runnymede Trust

Attendance

This event is free, but spaces are limited. You must register for a ticket for the event and also register for the individual workshops being run in the afternoon.