Muslims have been complaining about the level of bad press directed at them, arguing that they only ever seem to appear in the media when it’s to do with terrorism or oddball stories.
Many Muslim organizations have cropped up over the years aiming to bridge differences and tackle the media stereotypes, but how effective are they?
Presenter Adil Ray meets the people swimming against the tide of anti Muslim media bias.
Asim Siddiqui - Chairman of The City Circle, a group of mainly professional Muslims who are active in helping the homeless. Asim feels they rarely get any publicity for their work, their fundraisers are ignored but totally irrelevant anti Muslim stories easily get on the front pages.
Asghar Bukhari - Spokesman for the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK), explains how he has set up a Media response workshops to educate and engage Muslims about dealing with the media.
Catherine Hussain - Activist for Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK), talks about how MPACUK gives people the tools to respond to the press.
Max Clifford - Public Relations guru, explains what Muslims should be doing and gives his opinion about how bad the situation really is for Muslims.
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