Islamophobia & Its Role in the Social Construction of the Muslim Deviant

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:00 in Community Engagement

Where: Star Education Centre, 116 Hyde Road, M12 5AR
Time: 18:00
With: Dr Muzammil Quraishi, University of Salford

Abstract

This talk will briefly outline the history of how Muslim populations have become the subject of a discourse which identifies them as deviant, criminal and a risk to western democracies. Specific examples from criminological research will further contextualise the role Islamophobic and racist constructions play in marginalising Muslims in contemporary British society.

Biography of Muzammil Quraishi

Muzammil is presently Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Salford. His research involves a criminological evaluation of Muslim populations within comparative perspectives inspired by Critical Race Theory and Radical Criminology. He is the author of a number of texts on Muslim populations, crime and the role of religion in the social sciences. His most recent project, funded by the Islamic Foundation, evaluated the experiences of Muslim ex-offenders and discrimination in the UK.

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