Media Diversified
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Articles related to bigotry and discrimination against Muslim people. Here, we explore irrational fears and/or prejudice towards Islam and Muslims. These posts are related to Islamophobia and its impact on both Muslim and Non-Muslim persons and communities. We also feature pieces related to the origins of Islamophobia and the increase in Islamophobia globally.
Our new columnist Simon Vessey aka The Exasperated Socialist tackles head on the curious tale of the two trojan horses. The Trojan Horse Affair’s Hamza Syed and Brian Reed have spoken of their frustrations at the British media’s reaction to their popular expose. Unlike previous Guardian and BBC reporting they proved politicians knew that they… Read More
Our resident satirist, Uncle Raf turns serious This week as a Brown British Muslim, I’ve been so moved by the commentariat class and assorted journalists who have dropped links on their social media about funding stinger missiles for Ukrainian resistance fighters, that I’ve decided to fundraise for a M1 Abrams tank. During Friday prayers this… Read More
Long time contributor Raf ponders the media response to the Trojan Horse Affair New York Times podcast and once again finds British journalism standards to be lacking The Trojan Hoax podcast is giving me farce, high drama, soap opera and comedy characters on a par with Four Lions the film by Chris Morris. It has… Read More
Our mysterious satirist Raf turns his lens on the Labour party’s and Sir Keir Starmer’s sudden affection for Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani When Zora Neale Houston coined the term “All my skinfolk ain’t kinfolk” she was definitely onto something. Especially if said non-kinfolk-skinfolk have built a career being the dependable Muslim. The one you… Read More
The UK government’s PREVENT scheme has been discussed at length in the context of how it would prevent a white supremacist terror attack such as those in Christchurch, New Zealand. However, as Dr Tarek Younis writes, the PREVENT policy has a number of serious issues, not least the fact that its success is unproven In… Read More
The shocking and tragic events of the white supremacist terrorist shootings in Christchurch have ignited a debate about white supremacy in Aotearoa (or New Zealand), but as Jill Johnson writes, it’s not surprising in light of a violent history that has not yet been faced up to Featured image: Jacinda Ardern is welcomed by Kaahautau… Read More
In the aftermath of the white supremacist terrorist murders in Christchurch, there has been much discussion of violent far-right ideology, however as Cerie Bullivant writes, there’s been little critique of the mainstream Islamophobia in our politics, mainstream media and academia From the outset of the War on Terror Tony Blair made sure to emphasise this… Read More
The condemnation of Ilhan Omar not only betrays hypocrisy at the heart of the US government, it also demonstrates how Black Americans are subject to disproportionate discipline and censure on a daily basis, writes Olivia Woldemikael The public humiliation and condemnation of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar by Democrats, Republicans, and the American media is all too familiar.… Read More
Calling out the overt bias we see in reporting is just one form of resistance that consumers can take. Saeida Rouass shares five tropes to be aware of that often appear in panel discussions, op-eds and other formats that covertly subvert and undermine our ability to talk about the mainstreaming of the far right. Many… Read More
Following the horrific white supremacist attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, there have been many calls for the media to label the attackers as terrorists. However as Basit Mahmood writes, this is only the start if we are to address structural Islamophobia To say that I’m devastated at the news of the mosque shootings… Read More
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