Let's Talk- Islamaphobia podcast #LetsTalk Podcast

Let’s Talk podcast,
Islamophobia Awareness


 


In this episode, I am joined
by staff member Umar Malik and PhD student Estifa’a Zaid, for a special
recording made in Islamophobia Awareness Month. Estifa’a and Umar talk about
their experiences of growing up as Muslims in the UK, of coming to normalise Islamophobic
behaviour, and of bracing themselves for reprisal attacks after terrorist
incidents (so-called ‘Islamist’ or otherwise). They talk about reporting hate
crimes, and why people may not choose to report; the targeting of hijab-wearing
women; the intersection with racism and the momentum of Black Lives Matter; and
the intensifying of Islamophobic and racist experiences after the Brexit vote.
They look for improved relations between journalists and Muslim communities as
one way of curbing scaremongering and growing understanding.


 


Resources associated with
this podcast:


Please see these excellent Stand-Up
to Hate animations.


MEND, Muslim Engagement and
Development, https://www.mend.org.uk/about-mend/


Umar Malik’s blog, Islamophobia
and Me,


Estifa’a Zaid’s blog about
the Syrian Tutoring Programme and Black Lives Matter,


Zain Hussain’s blog on Co-existence
and Black Lives Matter,


This current MOOC on
FutureLearn: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-the-sharia-and-islamic-law


Plus a new free short online
course, which starts in January 2021, called Christian Muslim Relations - visit
FutureLearn in the new year to find out more and sign up if you're
interested"


And the work of
Ewan McAndrew and Glaire Anderson in adding Islamic Art to Wikipedia.