Islamophobia is un-British
Administrator on June 10th, 2010
It is encouraging to note some in the media believe that rise of intolerance against Muslims is ”un-British”. Columnist Peter Oborne has warned that Muslims are being unfairly represented in the media at a conference on Islamophobia held in London.
He added: “One of the greatest things about being British is that we have an enormous sense of fairness and religious tolerance and decency and there’s this tradition of protecting minorities.
“You are, in the media, able to tell lies about Muslims – to misrepresent them, fabricate stories about them in many ways that shame Britain. There were, for example, those stories about how Muslims had tried to get piggy banks banned because of political correctness – but just imagine if some of those headlines had said ‘Jew’ rather than ‘Muslim’.” For details, click on
