Welsh citizens appear in favor of Muslim worshipper in social experiment
A social experiment by a British Muslim teenager shows how the Welsh public would react to Muslim praying in public.
Fahim Miah, 17, and his friend Kennedy Clink, 20, uploaded a video on YouTube showing Miah praying at various locations with Clink calling him a “terrorist”. Despite Clink’s efforts to rally racist support, a majority of people defended Miah’s right to pray.
One man tells Clink to “leave him [Miah] alone”. Another woman says, “do not interrupt him while he is praying,” according to the video.
However, in one instance where Clink was being aggressive to Miah praying in a park, passersby did nothing and failed to intervene.
The video has become viral since being uploaded two weeks ago on Miah’s YouTube channel, attracting over 400,00 views.
The full video features three other incidents, shot separately.
Miah was overwhelmed with the support he received given the intense climate of Islamophobia in the West. He said in an interview, “looking at the media these days, you’re expecting people to be afraid of Muslims because we have become a sort of stereotype in their eyes and I wanted to show that society could come together and be one.”
The 17-year-old student has been making videos for a year and started posting them online in April. He hopes to turn his hobby into a career.
Despite this video showing positive reactions to Islamophobia, the UK has experienced a significant increase in the incidents of racial abuse since the country chose to leave the European Union. Muslims have also felt the surge in hate crimes.
Tell MAMA, an anti-Muslim hate monitoring group based in London, said in its annual report that Islamophobic incidents in the UK increased by 326 percent last year, rising from 146 to 437 cases.
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