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The Mail's Peter Osborne has written a pamphlet arguing this country and its media are Islamophobic. Doubtless, many will disagree with him, but his views can't be ignored. The history of post-war Britain is a proud story of enlightenment and the steady eradication of irrational fears and resentments. Prejudice against foreigners, homosexuals, gays and blacks has been softened or even eliminated. This country could be demonising Muslims But today, one resentment is stronger than ever. Islamophobia - prejudice against Islam - is Britain's last remaining socially respectable form of bigotry, and we should be ashamed of ourselves for it. This dangerous demonising of the country's 1.6 million Muslim inhabitants is happening all around us. Take the story in a red-top newspaper earlier this year about a bus driver who apparently... [read full story]
