Islam in Britain: Channel 4 mocked for blacking up white woman to disguise her as Muslim

Independent, Channel 4 mocked for blacking up white woman to disguise her as Muslim "Viewers asked why documentary makers gave 'brownface' disguise to white woman rather than following an actual Muslim." Controversial programme (which I have yet to see). There's a mixture of feedback on this from Mail Online, 'Are you going to blow us up?' Viewers outraged as woman has Islamophobic abuse hurled at her as she walks past her local pub while wearing a hijab and posing as a Muslim in shocking TV show."

Islamic Algorithms

Gary R. Bunt is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David; Principal Investigator for the ESRC funded Digital British Islam project; Co-Investigator for the CHANSE funded Digital Islam Across Europe project.

Prof. Bunt's book Hashtag Islam: How Cyber Islamic Environments are Transforming Religious Authority was published in 2018. A new book, Islamic Algorithms, is out in May 2024.

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Gary R. Bunt

Tuesday 24 October 2017

Channel 4 mocked for blacking up white woman to disguise her as Muslim