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Year 7 against islamophobia

Year 7 against islamophobia

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Started by George Stekelis 11 years, 2 months ago

Hi, we are a multi-faith group of Year 7 students at a school in London. We feel very passionately against islamophobia. As well as having family members who are VERY committed to Islam, people in our community are also VERY loving, caring Muslims.


So it upsets us (and many others) that people are calling themselves 'Muslims' when they are not following the religion at all. For example the holy book (Qur'an) says to love one another like brothers and sisters and not to murder anyone but people such as ISIS are constantly doing this and it is hugely impacting Muslims who do follow the religion on a daily basis.


We believe that too many negative stories on Islam are shown in the media which reflect badly on all Muslims around the world who are peaceful, loving ordinary people like you and me.


We want to have an equal balance in the news media between positive reporting on Islam and negative. We propose that for every negative story, at least one positive story is shown also.


We believe this would help promote understanding, empathy and tolerance between Muslims and non-Muslims and ultimately make the world a better place!

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May 28, 2015

We have been reading the comments you left and it hurts to see so many of our friends describing the discrimination they face at school. These stories confirm why we started this project and motivate us to keep pushing for better representation in the news. We are currently drafting a letter to send to our local media outlets to challenge the way they frame these stories.

May 28, 2015

Seeing so many people back our call for fairness in the media feels like a weight lifting off our shoulders. This momentum proves that our classmates and families are not alone in wanting a more honest perspective on the faith we care about so deeply.

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Joel Ormsby
11 years ago Featured

Keep up the good work, kids. Educating people is the way to move forward. Well done.

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Penny
11 years ago Featured

Great to see the next generation being so passionate and responsible about the society in which they live. Good luck!!

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George
11 years ago Featured

This is a great idea; everybody should support it and make the world a better place!

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Satyajit Biswas
11 years ago

Come on guys we can get to 5000 easily if we try. Also donate

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Reuben
11 years ago

Brilliant,raising awairness

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Simon shea
11 years ago

Good luck!

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Archie
11 years ago

ISLAMOPHOBIA IS WRONG!!!

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Robert Schelader
11 years ago

Eine gute Idee – Mabrouk – aus Wien

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