“We’re all equal”
Islamophobia, Equality Charmaine Jean-Paul Islamophobia, Equality Charmaine Jean-Paul

“We’re all equal”

Typically, I’d discuss a couple of Islamophobic incidents, show you the data or make some suggestions as to how non-Muslims can become better allies and punctuate it with some cute, “we’re all equal” rhetoric, but I couldn’t. In fact, the whole team has been somewhat stunned by global events all month, causing a silence that seems almost complicit. It feels impossible to acknowledge the mistreatment of Muslims nationally and worldwide without making reference to the war in the Middle-East. When looking at the history of the events and the current context since October, we can see the war is not about religion… that neither Jew nor Muslim wants to see their communities as victims of violence, but here in the UK it's really difficult to reconcile that with the images we see

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