Stop Media Prejudice Against Muslims. Take hate out of the conversation...

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

There has been increasing defamatory reporting on Muslims in the UK press and media, and the incessant criminal profiling of this minority community has caused a direct increase in violent and often fatal Islamophobic attacks. Legal justice is needed now for the 3 million British Muslims affected.

Recent satirists claimed freedom of speech was a basic human right, living in peace and security is also a human right, but one which is being denied to many Muslims living in Britain. There is a direct impact on increased racial hatred when the acceptance of hateful stereotypes is used in national media. Nazi extremists of 1930's Germany used the same tactics, Extremist Christians of the Balkans used similar methods in the 1990's and now we are seeing the same narrative being written in Britain

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The UK press is independent of both the UK Government and Parliament.

You could make a complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation using the following website: https://www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/makeacomplaint.html

Timeline

23 Feb 2016	Petition opened for signatures
3 Mar 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Mar 2016

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