MAGIC Produces ‘Speak Up for Diversity! Toolkit

Speak up for diversity! is a toolkit aimed at Muslim communities and civil society actors who are struggling for a more diverse, just, and inclusive society.

Speak up for diversity! has been produced by our project MAGIC (Muslim women and communities Against Gender Islamophobia in society). The toolkit was produced by the Collectif contre l’Islamophobie en Belgique and  Fundación Al Fanar para el Conocimiento Árabe and coordinated by Media Diversity Institute.

Speak up for diversity! is a toolkit aimed at Muslim communities and civil society actors who are struggling for a more diverse, just, and inclusive society. It aims to enhance their capacity to identify Islamophobia, including gendered Islamophobia, learn new communication tools, and develop strategies to combat its manifestations in the media, in private and public spaces, and in physical and virtual spaces.

The publication has been written by a Task Force led by Rizwana Hamid, Director of the Centre for Media Monitoring, that also included the journalists Lucila Rodríguez-Alarcón (director of Porcausa.org) and Andrea Olea.

Contents

Introduction: Why is this material being created?

Background

What is “Islamophobia”?

Who are the victims of Islamophobia?

Gender Islamophobia

The impacts of Islamophobia

Guidelines for grassroots associations and activists

Tackling Islamophobia in the media

MAGIC Analysis: Examples from the media

How to create an alternative narrative

How to react or report Islamophobia

Why is it a good idea to engage with the media?

Some general recommendations on how to address the media

Communication tools to engage the media

Campaigns and building alliances

Conclusion

Further information and appendix


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