Citation

Hopkins P. Dialog. Human Geogr. 2016; 6(2): 186-189.

Affiliation

Newcastle University, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/2043820616655018

PMID

30245806

PMCID

PMC6124001

Abstract

Defendants in both racist and religiously motivated hate crimes in the United Kingdom are usually White men, with these incidents tending to take place in public spaces, especially those close to religious and community buildings. Focusing on the experiences of Muslim men and women in the United Kingdom - including others who look Muslim - I explore common forms of religiously and racially motivated violence and argue that these constitute gendered violence. Policies targeted at key groups who are victims and perpetrators of religiously and racially motivated violence ignore the issue of violence and fail to acknowledge its gendered nature.

Language: en

Keywords

Islamophobia; anti-Muslim; hate crime; masculinity; racism; violence