Muslims now tend to all be seen as terrorists, the media promotes anxiety with moral panics about terror attacks leading to overwhelmingly negative portrayals of Muslims. Even positive stories, such as the Muslim man who saved 7 people during the Paris terror attacks, are seen as one off exceptions; one 'nice' Muslim. The Professor of Sociology at York university argues that Muslims are huddled together by the media and that there is an ignorance of differences within the Muslim community.
There have been some positive steps, however:
-Publications of books such as Does My Head Look Big In This?, which are about Muslims and are aimed at teenagers, promote understanding and friendship between different ethnicities and religions.
-More Muslims have appeared on national TV, for example the introduction of Mrs. Hussein to Still Open All Hours on BBC1.
-Public figures such as Malala Yousafzai also promote understanding and set an important example to people of all ethnicities.
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