Islamophobia

On Earth, up to and including the 21st century, Muslims were a frequent target of hatred and irrational fear.

Yasmin Khan had been subjected to racial and xenophobic abuse throughout her life because of her faith, such as being called a "terrorist" by a passersby on her way home from mosque. (TV: Rosa ^[+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])

In 2005, the Internal Counter-Intelligence Service - themselves seeing all Muslims as an enemy within Britain - faked a series of Islamic suicide bombings as part of a coup plot, and set up the suicide of Deputy Prime Minister Meena Cartwright to imply she'd been targeted for her faith. (She was, in fact, Catholic.) In the ensuing ethnic riots, dozens of Muslims were burned alive in a mosque in north England. (AUDIO: The Longest Night ^[+]Loading...["The Longest Night (audio story)"])

Sometime in the 2000s, Wilfred Mott's newspaper stand was set on fire by a group of boys because he stocked The Muslim News and Emel. (PROSE: The Star Beast ^[+]Loading...["The Star Beast (novelisation)"])

When the Eleventh Doctor correctly deduced, interestedly, that Rita Jalal was a Muslim, her immediate reaction was to sheepishly tell him not to be frightened. (TV: The God Complex ^[+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"])