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SUMMARY:CGHR Research Group: What is being targeted when women become the 
 victims of anti-Muslim hate crime? Religion\, or gender\, or both? - Julia
 n Hargreaves\, Centre of Islamic Studies\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20141201T130000Z
DTEND:20141201T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Recent literature from the social sciences has argued that ant
 i-Muslim hate crime includes an under-researched gendered dimension. Schol
 ars in the UK and US have called for a more nuanced understanding of anti-
 Muslim hate crime against women\; one that considers more frequently the i
 nterplay of religion and gender\, and the negotiation of space and identit
 y inherent within the responses to such risks by victims who are both Musl
 im and female. However\, current debates around these topics are conducted
 \, on the whole\, with little recourse to empirical evidence. Subsequently
 \, arguments for an increased emphasis on issues of gender and identity am
 ongst female victims of anti-Muslim hate crime remain attractive rather th
 an compelling. This paper first supports the notion that much of the exist
 ing research literature concerning anti-Muslim hate crime and discriminati
 on has adopted either a non-gender specific approach or a demonstrable mal
 e bias in its descriptions of violent abuse and state-sponsored discrimina
 tion against British Muslim communities. Findings from an examination of l
 arge-scale social survey data are then used to describe the increased risk
 s of hate crime and discrimination faced by British Muslim women (particul
 arly in public places). Using these data\, this paper argues that dominant
  narratives regarding Muslim victimisation by right-wing groups and discri
 mination by crime and security agencies have done much to overshadow or di
 splace debates relating to the 'everyday' hate crimes suffered by British 
 Muslim women. An examination of recent theoretical perspectives is combine
 d with findings from the analysis of Crime Survey of England and Wales and
  Citizenship Survey data to support assertions from the literature relatin
 g to the pronounced and measurable targeting of gender embedded within muc
 h anti-Muslim hatred. Finally\, this paper reflects on whether the prevale
 nce of 'everyday' hate crime against British Muslim women might be capable
  of supporting arguments for the increased recognition of gender-based vio
 lence as a hate crime.\n\nJoin the CGHR mailing list: http://bit.ly/1DHlhk
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