British public most likely to blame the media for Islamophobia
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A new ComRes survey on Islamophobia – the fear of the Muslim faith – reveals that people think that the media is most to blame for whipping up a climate of fear of Islam in the UK.
People are twice as likely to say the media is to blame for Islamophobia (29%) than far-right groups (13%), or indeed Muslims themselves either abroad (14%) or in the UK (11%).
Conservative Party Chairman Sayeeda Warsi recently said Islamophobia had ‘passed the dinner table test’, becoming a social norm. Indeed, ...
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