Task #4

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/nov/14/pressandpublishing.religion?INTCMP=SRCH

Study shows 'demonisation' of Muslims Wednesday 14 November 2007

- The London mayor, Ken Livingstone, who commissioned the study, said the findings were a "damning indictment" of the media and urged editors and programme makers to review the way they portray Muslims.

- " Only 4% of the 352 articles studied were positive, he said.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8678000/8678570.stm

7/7 complaints

The film's controversy spread before it opened to the public; families of those killed in the London bomb attacks in 2005 appealed to cinemas not to show the film.

Graham Foulkes' 22-year-old son David was on the Tube train targeted by a suicide bomber at Edgware Road, on the day that 52 people were killed on July 7th. Graham Foulkes told BBC Radio 5 Live that while parody and satire have a part to play in examining serious issues, Four Lions is too close to the bone:

"Four lads from the north, all with strong Yorkshire accents - and the bombers were from Yorkshire - travelling down to London. It's very specific. It's very aligned to what happened in 2005 and they talk about bombing in London. That's not parodying or being satirical about terrorists. It's making money about a specific attack."

"A film like this is obviously a very strong counterpoint to the very serious side of [terrorism

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/citizen-khan-is-not-just-outdated-but-lazy-and-offensive/

Growing up in the ‘70s, my family would tune into Mind Your Language, however racist it looked and sounded, and face a sad kind of reality – that this was how they were seen – as ignorant, buffoonish immigrants.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3948185/Survey-Most-patriotic-Brits-are-Muslims.html

Kashif Hussein, 21, a student at University College London, said: “I feel British and Muslim but since 9/11 we have to show it more, to interact more, to show that we’re not that stereotype.”
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/knee-jerk-islamophobia-why-trevor-kavanagh-wrong-about-british-muslims

 We’ve heard a lot about belonging and loyalty and allegiance, Muslim first or British first. On Saturday Mo Farah gave us the answer: British Muslim and proud proud proud."