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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Shazia Awan

Shazia Awan

02/08/2017

BBC Asian Network - BBC Asian Network's Big Debate, Shazia Awan

Are you seeing more incidents of hate crime? Are more being shared on social media?

With reports that hate crime is up, Shazia asks whether listeners are seeing more incidents - and whether more are being shared on social media.

Shazia asks: Reported hate crime is up - are you seeing more incidents? Are more being shared on social media? Also, this week's guru is car expert Mike Rutherford and he's in the studio to answer your motoring queries. Shazia talks to a Masood Somra after Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta honoured the Asian Kenyan community by declaring them as the country's 44th tribe. Basheer Mohamed from the Pew Research centre in the USA joins Shazia to discuss a survey they conducted which found that nearly half of Muslims in the US say they have experienced discrimination in the past year. Journalist Poorna Bell talks about whether she should change her married name back to her maiden name after her husband passed away.

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