09 August 2014

Mehdi Hasan Tells Wilderness Festival The 'Hysterical' British Press Is Encouraging Islamophobia

.... To pretend that this "relentlessly hostile coverage" of a minority has no effect on community relations or on integration "is naive, if not disingenuous," he argued.

"From a moral point of view it is wrong… to smear or stereotype minority communities, to pretend or give credence to the idea that the actions of a minority within a community are somehow representative or the fault of the majority of members of that community. That is the very definition of bigotry."

"It has to change, it has to stop and, frankly, it’s un-British," he concluded.

[A TOP COMMENT] Don't you just get sick and tired of muslims telling us that they are a part of British culture? They are not! they are a different culture no matter how nice the individual

[ANOTHER] I am sick to my teeth of hearing about muslims. Every day. Every where these people live there is division and hatred. They separate themselves off, they expect me to embrace their culture even thought it is offensive to me, but they refuse to embrace my culture in my land. Just go away will you.

[ANOTHER] What a load of rubbish it is the Muslims themselves who are turning people against them with their constant take over bid and whining when things do not go their own way. They will not integrate and view us non Muslims as nothing more than dirt. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more