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# It shouldn't happen to a Muslim
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/it-shouldnt-happen-to-a-muslim/
- Published: 2008-07-07T12:07:55.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:41:05.000Z
- Author: Tom Griffin
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

**Tom Griffin (London,** [**The Green Ribbon**](http://tomgriffin.typepad.com/the%5Fgreen%5Fribbon/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** Channel 4's Dispatches strand marks the third anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings at 8 PM tonight with a [documentary ](http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/it+shouldnt+happen+to+a+muslim/2314592?ref=opendemocracy.net)by Peter Oborne which asks whether the attacks have fuelled the rise of intolerance against British Muslims. 

*He discovers that for many in the Muslim community, Britain is becoming a very frightening place. Dispatches meets a range of British Muslims who now live in daily fear, some because their homes are constantly vandalised, others because they or family have suffered devastatingly violent attacks.*

Oborne has also written a [pamphlet](http://www.channel4.com/news/media/pdfs/Muslims%5Funder%5Fsiege%5FLR.pdf?ref=opendemocracy.net), Muslims under Siege, which is due to be published by [Democratic Audit](http://www.democraticaudit.com/index.php?ref=opendemocracy.net) on Wednesday. Stuart Weir has flagged up some of its findings [here](https://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/stuart-weir/2008/07/04/british-muslims-under-siege).

Oborne's case is backed up with [polling data](http://www.channel4.com/news/media/pdfs/top%5Flines.pdf?ref=opendemocracy.net) from ICM and an [analysis of press coverage](http://www.channel4.com/news/media/pdfs/Cardiff%20Final%20Report.pdf?ref=opendemocracy.net) by the Cardiff School of Journalism. It adds up to a compelling indictment of the state of Britain's debate about Islam.