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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February 17, 2008 – 11:04 pm
As one who has encountered many Muslims both on the Internet and face to face over the past decade or so, I do not get the impression of a “firm self-image” among the hot-headed youths who have extremist sympathies, but rather from ordinary, decent religious Muslims with their heads screwed on. The aim of the [...]
February 4, 2008 – 6:06 pm
First of all, Muslims are generally represented as a ‘problem’, whether it be regarding the war on terror, extremism, shariah law, schools, dress, education, youth, crime, other religions and culture. In other words, in almost every aspect of media interest, there is a ‘Muslim’ angle. Pretty much the same kind of stories come up again and [...]
January 18, 2008 – 10:59 pm
The former Ex Hizb ut-Tahrirites are playing out a variant of the burden of representation but it’s a dangerous game they are engaging in. They may delight the Murdoch/Torygraph axis but at a time of increasing racial tension their posturing is unhelpful and, whether intended or not, this stance sadly does the bidding of the [...]
January 18, 2008 – 10:56 pm
The plain fact that Maher can’t quite get his head around is that Livingstone is a genuinely popular figure in London, including among the capital’s 700,000+ Muslims. The mayor of London has a long and proud record of opposing racism and prejudice against minorities. And frankly, who can blame them for being a bit wary [...]
