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Lizzie Phelan (or Cocker) , an accomplished journalist and political activist, chaired the proceedings. In her insightful opening speech she explained how islamophobia is used as tool to divide anti-imperialist movements in the west from those in the Muslim world:
"And women are often used by a white male dominated media industry and western political establishment as a tool of division which they have successfully done in the sense that those interested in the struggles of people in the Muslim world against imperialism often find their commitment to certain forces directly fighting empire challenged by the portrayal of women. This is mostly true today in relation to Islamist movements, where a culture of Islamophobia and eurocentricism in the west has harboured a lazy attitude towards understanding the role of Islam in social and political life and thus the life of women."
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