▁any ▁way ”. ▁ ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Peter ▁O bor ne ▁of ▁The ▁Independent ▁wrote ▁that ▁British ▁tab lo ids ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Sun ▁tend ▁to ▁highlight ▁cr imes ▁committed ▁by ▁Muslim s ▁in ▁an ▁und ue ▁and ▁dis pro port ion ate ▁manner . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁British ▁Muslim ▁historian ▁Hum ay un ▁Ans ari ▁said ▁that ▁polit icians ▁and ▁the ▁media ▁are ▁still ▁fu elling ▁Islam oph ob ia . ▁ ▁John ▁E . ▁Richard son ' s ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁book ▁( M is ) re present ing ▁Islam : ▁the ▁rac ism ▁and ▁r het or ic ▁of ▁British ▁broad sheet ▁newsp apers , ▁critic ized ▁the ▁British ▁media ▁for ▁propag ating ▁negative ▁s tere ot ypes ▁of ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁fuel ing ▁anti - Mus lim ▁pre jud ice . ▁In ▁another ▁study ▁conducted ▁by ▁John ▁E . ▁Richard son , ▁he ▁found ▁that ▁ 8 5 % ▁of ▁main stream ▁newspaper ▁articles ▁treated ▁Muslim s ▁as ▁a ▁hom ogeneous ▁mass ▁who ▁were ▁imag ined ▁as ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁British ▁society . ▁ ▁Social ▁media ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁Social ▁Network ▁of ▁H ate : ▁Inside ▁Facebook ' s ▁W alls ▁of ▁Islam oph ob ia , ▁by ▁British ▁academic ▁Im ran ▁A wan , ▁A wan ▁himself ▁had ▁went ▁through ▁ 1 0 0 ▁different ▁Facebook ▁pages ▁online ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁found ▁" 4 9 4 ▁specific ▁instances ▁of ▁online ▁hate ▁speech ▁directed ▁against ▁Muslim ▁communities