Consequences of Islamophobia for United Kingdom Muslim Women Based on Moral Panic Theory

Subject Areas : Sociology

Ali Sabbaghian ¹ (Tehran University, Department of Regional Studies, Tehran, Iran.)
Mohammad Sadegh Koushki ² (Tehran University, Department of Regional Studies, Tehran, Iran.)
Hamzeh Safavi ³ (Tehran University, Department of Regional Studies, Tehran, Iran.)
Ali Mohammad Khaksar ⁴ (Tehran University, Department of Regional Studies, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2021-03-10 Accepted : 2021-05-30 Published : 2021-06-22

Keywords: Muslim women, Moral panic theory, Islamophobia,

Abstract :

The research was intended to study The consequences of Islamophobia for United Kingdom Muslim women based on the moral panic theory. The statistical universe included whole Muslim women of England and the under study sample subsumed the immigrant Muslim females. The research was designed as descriptive- analytical. By implementing library method (note taking on index cards) the data on basic concepts of Islamophobia, anti-Islamism and hostility against Islam, based on the moral panic theory were identified, collected and analyzed. The results indicated that Islamophobia alteration to hostility against Islam was the consequences of cultural and identities issues based on the moral panic theory. The most frequent violent attacks against Muslims in England targeted the Muslim female whom wore veil and “burqa”. These symbols indeed were the certain indications of being Muslim in England and even in all over Europe. The Muslim women most likely had neither any roles in extremist and terrorist actions of the Muslim fanatics in Europe nor in the Islamophobia transformation to hostility against Islam and had no any participations in none of such actions. However, the Muslim women played significant role in Muslims population increasing, but the occasional terrorist actions in Europe and specifically in England were carried out by men Muslim and the women Muslim had no any roles. Considering the financial crisis as one of the significant factors in Islamophobia commutation to hostility against Islam that correlated directly to the incrementing population of the immigrants in Europe, the Muslim men as Muslim women played almost similar roles while the non-Muslim population reactions towards this issue mostly injured the Muslim women.

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