How Not to Tackle Grooming Gangs: The National Grooming Gang Inquiry and a Definition of Islamophobia'

By John Jenkins, Andrew Gilligan and Paul Stott

A new report from Policy Exchange calls for the Government to suspend the working group chaired by Rt Hon Dominic Grieve — that is developing a definition of Islamophobia — with immediate effect.

Former top UK diplomat Sir John Jenkins, the ex-Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and co-author of the report, has refused to engage with Grieve’s group. In a letter to Grieve — published for the first time today — he warns that any official definition of Islamophobia “will almost certainly turbocharge ‘cancel culture’” and would “be an undeniable act of two-tier policy, creating special status and protection for members of one faith alone."

London: Policy Exchange, 2025. 39p.