Politicians and the media know what they are doing when they allow anti-Muslim tropes to enter the mainstream, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
If you have been paying attention, you will know that there is now a genre of response protocol that is followed after attacks on Muslims. It blows dog-whistles even as carnage is unfolding. A ghoulish routine has become established. It usually goes like this. Condemn the attack in the strongest terms, and then water down that condemnation. We mustn’t get carried away, you see, and forget about the context.
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