Short films to tackle Islamophobia
Sat 02 Apr 2016
Pupils from Villiers High School and Dormars Wells each produced a short film to tackle Islamophobia.
Greenford School and Featherstone also made a joint film as part of a pilot scheme run by Ealing Council.
In the films, the pupils speak out about prejudices and negative stereotyping.
They also discuss how wearing burqas and hijabs have made them targets for racists.
Villiers High School sixth-form pupil filmmaker Ikhra Hussain, 17, from Southall, said: "With the issues that are happening across the world we wanted to discuss some of the issues that are now affecting young Muslim women.
"We wanted to make this film to tell the world that you shouldn't judge people on the actions of a small minority. If this makes a difference to people's perception we will be very proud.
"Young people are very passionate about promoting tolerance and diversity because we are taught it at school but sometimes that is not the case with older generations. We want to transfer that to the world outside our school."
Mayor Harbhajan Kaur Dheer and her husband deputy council leader Ranjit Dheer were guests of honour for the debut screening of the three short films held at Villiers School, Southall, last Wednesday (March 23).
The pilot projects is part of Ealing Council's Muslimam Matters community engagement scheme to help give a voice to marginalised groups.
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