I am, like millions of others, dutifully fasting from dawn to dusk this month. My faith does not define me. It refines meNazir Afzal is chancellor of the University of Manchester and a former chief prosecutorAs Ramadan begins, Muslims across Britain prepare for a month of fasting, reflection and charity. For most of us, it is a time of spiritual discipline and generosity. For too many of us, it is also a time when the drumbeat of anti-Muslim hatred grows louder.I have never liked the word “Islamophobia”. It sounds abstract, almost clinical. What we are dealing with is not a vague fear. It is hostility. Suspicion. Discrimination. Abuse. So, I call it what it is, anti-Muslim hatred.Nazir Afzal is chancellor of the University of Manchester and a former chief prosecutor Continue reading...