What It’s Like To Experience Islamophobia As A Sikh

The programme My Week As a Muslim caused outrage this autumn. It’s easy to see why: a white woman was ‘browned up’ as a Muslim, complete with hijab, prosthetic nose and false teeth. Instead of ‘disguising’ someone in such a crude manner why not actually ask Muslims about their experiences? It also stereotyped Muslims as ‘brown’ when in fact, Islam is a faith and not an ethnicity.While I understood the controversy, the programme was also a powerful r