Anti-Muslim hate crime in the wake of 9/11: A UK perspective
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Example ethnicity and race dissertation topic 2:
Anti-Muslim hate crime in the wake of 9/11: A UK perspective
After the terrorist attacks in the US, UK and Spain, incidents of hate crime against Muslims increased. This dissertation examines this claim; it conducts a wide-ranging review of anti-Muslim crime reported in the UK over the last fifteen years and analyses the rate of change, if any, linked to regional differences. In this way, it extends the research undertaken by the University of Exeter, by widening the scope in order to pinpoint the effect of the terrorist attacks starting with 9/11. Finally, it reviews the principal bodies responsible for the increase in anti-Muslim hate crime, and considers how widespread individual actions have become.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Allen, C. (2011) ‘Opposing Islamification or promoting Islamophobia? Understanding the English Defence League’, Patterns of Prejudice, Vol. 45(4), pp. 279-294.
- Lambert, R. and Githens-Mazer, J. (2011) Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crime: UK case studies 2010. London: European Muslim Research Centre and the University of Exeter.
