To use case studies from the media and video clips to assess the problem of Islamophobia in Britain and how this hinders community cohesion.

OBJECTIVE:

OUTCOMES…Grades C

You will be able to identify some causes of Islamophobia.

Grade B You will be able to explain

the dangers of Islamophobia in society.

Grade A-A* You will be able to evaluate

the media’s influence on Islamophobia in society.

Your GOALS for the end of

this lesson are…

Starter…

How are blondes stereotyped?

Can you think of 3 other stereotypes?

What is it?

Why do stereotypes exist?– There is sometimes a grain of truth in them.– It’s deliberate propaganda against that group.

– It’s easier to think of people in groups rather than as individuals

– Ignorance

It’s assuming that everyone in a particular group is the same.

Make a list of words in the back of your books of how Muslims are

stereotyped.

How are Muslims stereotyped?

Did you get any of the following?

TerroristAl qaeda

PakiTaliban

ExtremistNot English

Suicide BombersBeardsBurqa

Head scarfTea TowelBin Laden

Stereotyping Muslims leads directly to Islamophobia…

This means….?

Islamophobia…

Islamophobia is literally translated as the fear of Islam: it is used to refer to prejudice or discrimination against Muslims and incorporates the perception that Islam has no values in common with other cultures, is inferior to the West and is a violent political ideology rather than a religion. The term itself dates back to the 1980s, but came into common usage after the September 11th attacks in America in 2001.

What do you think are the main causes of Islamophobia and why?

What causes ISLAMOPHOBIA?

Ignorance

Upbringing

Terrorism

The Media

Anger

Fear

ExperienceRacism

OUTCOMES…

Grades CYou will be

able to identify

some causes of

Islamophobia

Did you achieve your goals?…

Whats happening here?

Who is he?

What’s he

thinking?

How is she

feeling?

Police are searching for a gang of about 20 Derby men after an attack on a Muslim couple on a train to Nottingham. Abida Malik said the men called her and her husband Asif Ahmed terrorists. One man put Mr Ahmed in a headlock saying he was making a citizen’s arrest.

The gang boarded the train at Loughborough on Easter Sunday evening, after what British Transport Police believe was a drinking session. Officers have described it as an “unpleasant and nasty” incident.

Abida Malik, who wears the hijab – or headscarf – was travelling home after a wedding in Leicester with her husband. She said: “I was full of fear, my heart was beating really fast and I felt so helpless because there was so many of them.”

“Everyone seemed too scared to do anything… Now I don’t want to travel on the train by myself, and I don’t want him (Asif) to go by himself. They could have stabbed him”.

BBC News, 8 April 2010

The full story…

In WW2 the Jews were stereotyped as money grabbers, communists, greedy and the reason that Germany was in such a mess – and we know what happened as a result.What has this got to do with today?

Stereotyping is still causing a lot of problems in modern day society…

Like what?Predominantly RACISM – groups such as the EDL base their

ideas and beliefs on stereotypes of Muslims as terrorists.

So what are the dangers?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9385009.stm

What are the dangers?

Using examples from the clip explain the dangers of Islamophobia (what can it lead to? How does it

influence people to behave? What are the consequences?)

How does Islamophobia affect community cohesion?

OUTCOMES…Grade B

You will be able to

explain the dangers of Islamophobia in society.

Did you achieve your goals?…

MUSLIMS TELL US HOW TO RUN OUR SCHOOLS DAILY EXPRESS 21/02/07

MUSLIM SICKOS' MADDIE KIDNAP SHOCK DAILY STAR 28/04/08

HOGWASH: NOW THE PC BRIGADE BANS PIGGYBANKS IN CASE THEY OFFEND MUSLIMS DAILY EXPRESS 24/10/05

GET OFF MY BUS I NEED TO PRAY THE SUN 28/03/08

NOW MUSLIMS GET THEIR OWN LAWS IN BRITAINDAILY EXPRESS 30/04/07

AGENDA OF HATE IN UK MOSQUES DAILY MAIL 30/10/2007

FURY AS MUSLIM BRANDS BRITAIN 'NAZI' DAILY EXPRESS 11/11/07

WE MUST STOP BUILDING MOSQUES NOW THE STAR 02/04/2008

MUSLIM BRITAIN IS BECOMING ONE BIG NO-GO AREA THE TIMES 13/01/2008

CHRISTMAS IS BANNED IT OFFENDS MUSLIMSDAILY EXPRESS 02/11/2005

What impression is given about Muslims from these headlines?

• 36% of media headlines about British Muslims overall are about terrorism

• The most common nouns used in relation to British Muslims were terrorist, extremist, Islamist, suicide bomber and militant, with very few positive nouns used

• The most common adjectives used were radical, fanatical, fundamentalist, extremist and militant

• References to radical Muslims outnumber references to moderate Muslims by 17 to one

Facts – Muslims and the media

Read the headlines on your sheet and then

read the explanation.

Do you think the media is to blame for

Islamophobia? – Explain your answer

using examples.

Why might some people disagree with you?

Is the media to blame?

HOGWASH: NOW THE PC BRIGADE BANS PIGGY

BANKS IN CASE THEY OFFEND MUSLIMS.

Daily Express 24 October 2005.

This story was completely fabricated and was flatly denied by the banks mentioned in the

article, one of which was Nat West which still uses piggy banks in

many of its articles.

MUSLIM SICKOS’ MADDIE KIDNAP SHOCK.

Daily Star 28 April 2008

This does not refer to Muslims having any part in the

disappearance of Madeline McCann, instead it refers to a website on which claims were made that Madeline’s parents

were involved in her disappearance, a claim that had

already been madein several mainstream

newspapers.GET OFF MY BUS I NEED TO PRAY. The Sun 28 March2008

The Sun claimed that the driver had orderedpeople off his bus so that he could pray.

In actuality the bus driver had been ordered to stop his bus and tell the passengers to board the bus behind in order to maintain

frequency as the bus was delayed, he was told not to allow any passengers to board his bus and was on a 10 minute break so he

was allowed to do as he wished.

OUTCOMES…Grade A-A*You will be

able to evaluate the

media’s influence on Islamophobia

in society.

Did you achieve your goals?…

Thinking about today’s lesson – explain the links between the following

words…

Plenary…

Islamophobia EDL

RACISMCommunity

Cohesion