Hey everyone. This is document called 'Images of Islam in the UK'. Its about the Representation of British Muslims in the National Print News Media 2000-2008.
Its pretty long and wordy, but the overview is really interesting. For example: "...the most common nouns used (in newspapers) in relation to British Muslims were terrorist, extremist, Islamist, suicide bomber and militant, with very few positive nouns (such as ‘scholar’) used. The most common adjectives used were radical, fanatical, fundamentalist, extremist and militant".
Maybe you could use this as a starting point, asking members of the non-muslim public, what words they associate with the word 'Islam' or 'Muslim'? This way you aren't jumping in and talking to someone who is an 'islamaphobe', but you might get the mainstream opinion of the public in Bristol.
Just a thought. Cheers to everyone who came to the workshop yesterday.
Becky.
Zed Productions and Integrate Bristol have come together to help young people make a film about Islamaphobia UK. What's it like to be a young British Muslim in 2011?
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