It Shouldn’t Happen to a Muslim

Oborne concludes that in today’s climate the media say things about Islam and Muslims they would never say about other groups. When he replaces the word’ ‘Muslim’ in some recent headlines with ‘Jews’, ‘Blacks’ and ‘Gays’ and shows them to members of the public, they find those headlines deeply offensive.
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Imams, soldiers, schools and the NUT

Once again, the effect of the headlines was to arouse a knee-jerk response by over-simplifying what was being said. To turn a story like this into a scary headline just about Islam does not seem to serve any one well. It stokes the very fears that damage community cohesion.
Mike Baker

Fury over children being taught together and learning about one another

What the Mail and Express coverage of the NUT paper ‘In Good Faith’ (not available online yet) shows is how far the tabloids have come in being able to demonise particular ‘out groups’. A few years ago, they managed to turn the term ‘asylum seeker’ into an insult. They’ve now managed to do the same [...]

Protest against Daily Express’ attacks on Muslims

In recent years, the Daily Express newspaper has frequently published inflammatory articles on asylum seekers, migrants and Muslims. The newspaper regularly carries front page headlines such as ‘Christmas is banned; it offends Muslims’, ‘Now Muslims get their own laws in Britain’ and ‘Muslims tell us how to run our schools’.
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