(Prospect-UK) Kenan Malik - Ten years ago, no one had heard of Islamophobia. Now everyone wants to convince us that Britain is in the grip of a major backlash against Islam. The trouble with the idea is that "Islamophobia" is all too often used not to highlight racism but to silence critics of Islam, or even Muslims fighting for reform of their communities.
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