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Date: 09 April 2007 20:18:33
I've been thinking a lot about the general views of the British media vis-a-vis asylum seekers, Islamophobia and immigration recently (see the entry below for more details). You see, we went through it all before.
The Daily Mail in the 1930s ran a series of inflammatory articles about Jewish immigration yet the diaspora didn't lead to Hebrew supplanting English as the language of choice, did it? I'm not typing in aramaic and wearing a yarmukle. Similarly I have not converted to Rastafarianism, just because some citizens of my country choose to wear their hair in dreadlocks. Or Bahai, or Buddhism or Hinduism for that matter. I'm probably preaching to the converted here but there does seem to be an alarming rise of near racist sentiment (at least amongst some of the people I know) regarding Muslims. It vexes me greatly that most media coverage of any religious group focuses on the most extreme end of the spectrum.
Hopefully I'm not just ranting without doing anything about it. I have a... project in the works that will hopefully even the balance a little. Sorry if that sounds mysterious, I just don't want to hype things up before I get anything practical done. Watch this space