This week saw the broadcast of the latest Dispatches documentary, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Muslim – a programme which investigated whether the 7/7 London Bombings and a fear of terrorism has fuelled the rise of violence, intolerance and hatred against British Muslims.
Reaction to the programme has been mixed – some viewers have praised Channel 4 for “challenging the relentless rise of Islamophobia”, while others have argued that the programme makers “deliberately misrepresented the facts”.
If you’re interested in reading more about the issues raised in the programme, the Dispatches website has published an interesting article by Mehdi Hasan, the commissioning editor for the programme.
Mehdi’s article originally appeared on the Guardian’s Comment is Free.
