10 Guardian Quotes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/29/muslim-women-fighting-islamic-extremism?INTCMP=SRCH
Muslim women: beyond the stereotype
1. Despite Khan's frustration at stereotyping, she is not blind to the fact that not all Muslim women have had the same freedeom and opprtunites as she has, recongnising that there are "Muslim women not allowed to go out of the house".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/may/31/eastenders-gay-muslim?INTCMP=SRCH
A gay Muslim in EastEnders? Big deal
An EastEnders storyline featuring a gay Muslim character is unlikely to shake the community, depsite what some are predicting
2. "News of the plot comes just weeks after a Gallup survey was widely reported as revealing that British Muslims have 0% approval rating of gay lifestyles".
3. "Yes, traditional Islamic opinion, in line with the other Abrahamic faiths, advocates and promotes sexual expression between a husband and wife and disapproves of anything that falls outside those boundaries, hence the 0% statistic".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/28/eastenders-gay-love-affair?INTCMP=SRCH
Eastenders: Muslim character to have gay love affair 
4. "The Masood family was introduced in 2007 following criticism that a previous Asian family, the Ferreiras, were not authentic. The intention was to develop the Masoods as "rounded human beings tackling the issues of day-to-day life in Albert Square", Santer said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/29/gay-muslims-britain?INTCMP=SRCH
What's it like being a gay Muslim?
5. "advised the BBC on the storyline in the hope that the character of Syed Masood would help tackle the double discrimination of homophobia and Islamophobia that many gay Muslims face".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/10/eastenders-bbc-john-yorke?INTCMP=SRCH
EastEnders is unrealistic, admits BBC drama exective"
6. "EastEnders is at its most entertaining when it has a typically preposterous long-running storyline. When it attempts to be earnest and realistic and look at all sides of an issue, that is where it can go wrong,"


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/nov/30/islamandbritain.madeleinebunting
Young, Muslim and British 
7. "The 'war on terror' has put British Muslims under the spotlight as never before". 
8. "But the post 9/11 debates amongst Muslims on faith, identity and integration are rarely heard in the mainstream media". 
9. "Insure, lacking self-confidence, haunted by failure and by personal experiences of deprivation, racism and, since 9/11, oppressive anti-terrorist measures and increasing Islamophobia".


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/nov/30/islamandbritain4
'Politicians need to stop making Muslims scapegoats'
10. "The government lumped all Muslims together after September 11. Not just abroad, in counties such as Iraq and Afghanistan, but also domestically. The government demanded that Muslims condemn the terrorist actions of other Muslims. This meant British Muslims were associated with terrorists".